Beyond Biden and Trump: What really matters to US voters? – with NPR's Susan Davis

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The US election is being fought on many fronts, but what does the American public really care about most? Is it the economy, is it immigration, or is it simply the name of the person who sits in the Oval Office? Susan Davis is a political correspondent for NPR and host of the NPR Political Podcast. She joins Alex Andreou in The Bunker to discuss how the likely candidates will campaign on the most important issues. • “There’s a sense of nostalgia for Trump… people think ‘my life was better under Trump’.” – Susan Davis • “Anger is the greatest character in American politics.” – Susan Davis • “Immigration has been an unsolvable problem in US politics basically since the Reagan era.” – Susan Davis Listen to NPR’s Political Podcast: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510310/npr-politics-podcast www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and Presented by Alex Andreou. Produced by: Chris Jones. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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