Bonus: The Global Story
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. Could just 100,000 people decide the US election? The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, from the BBC, with Katya Adler. For more, go to bbcworldservice.com/globalstory or search for The Global Story wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
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| 0:00.0 | Dear Daughter is the award-winning podcast from the BBC World Service, full of thoughtful |
| 0:07.1 | letters of advice, personal stories and life lessons for daughters everywhere. Search for |
| 0:12.9 | Dear Daughter, wherever you get your BBC podcasts. Hello, I'm James Reynolds. Welcome to this |
| 0:19.4 | bonus episode of the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:24.6 | This week, I'm hosting the BBC's Global Story podcast, and along with some brilliant colleagues, |
| 0:29.8 | we bring you fresh takes and smart perspectives on what's happening around the world. |
| 0:34.6 | For a few weeks, we're bringing you highlights of the Global Story podcast here. |
| 0:38.6 | But to hear a fresh episode every weekday, search for The Global Story, wherever you get your |
| 0:44.1 | BBC podcasts, and subscribe so you don't miss a story. |
| 0:50.8 | Today, who will actually decide the US election? |
| 0:57.8 | There are more than 160 million registered voters. |
| 1:01.9 | And yet, it's going to only be 100,000 Americans give or take who decide whether it's going to be Joe Biden or Donald Trump. |
| 1:09.8 | With no major surprises on Super Tuesday, |
| 1:13.5 | and with Nikki Haley dropping out of the race, |
| 1:16.5 | we can be almost certain as to who will be on the ballot in November. |
| 1:20.1 | Choice is clear. |
| 1:22.3 | Donald Trump's campaign is about him. |
| 1:25.3 | Not America, not you. |
| 1:32.9 | Biden, worst president. He's the worst president. |
| 1:38.4 | He's the most incompetent president. Billions of dollars will be spent to sway the outcome. |
| 1:46.5 | And a lot of that money will be spent chasing a tiny number of voters in a small number of counties in just a few states. |
| 1:50.5 | They will get to pick the most powerful man in the world. |
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