Donald Trump's 'counter-cultural' gamble

Americano

The Spectator

Politics, News, News Commentary

4 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Last night, Donald Trump appeared for what will be his last-ever presidential campaign rally, for a crowd of about 12,000 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He stuck with tradition and ran through many of his greatest hits – dishing out insults, talking about his scrape with death, and dancing to ‘YMCA’. But he did also hammer home his pitch as ‘Trump the fixer’, and the one who can undo four years of Biden–Harris.

In the crowd was Spectator World’s Washington editor, Amber Duke, who joins Kate Andrews from Michigan to discuss what she’s seeing on the ground as Americans go to the polls in this key swing state. Which issue will be the one that decides the election? And as Trump tries to mobilise first time and low propensity voters, will his ‘counter-cultural’ gamble pay off?

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0:20.4	Hello and welcome to The Americano Show.
0:22.7	I'm Kate Andrews, and I'm guest hosting for Freddie Gray while he's over in the States.
0:26.6	We'll be getting reports from him this week on the U.S. election and be speaking to many other guests.
0:31.5	Now on with the show.
0:32.9	I'm delighted to be joined by Amber Duke, who is Washington editor for The Spectator World.
0:38.8	Amber, thanks for joining me.
0:40.4	You are in Michigan, a key swing state in this election.
0:44.8	Tell me what you're seeing on the ground and what you're expecting to see over the course of the day.
0:49.0	Presumably, a lot of efforts to get the vote out.
0:51.8	Sure.
0:52.5	So I am currently in Lansing.
0:54.8	Last night, I was in Grand Rapids for Trump's probably last ever campaign rally.
1:00.8	And Michigan is as tight as ever as it was in 2016 and 2020.
1:06.1	It seems like it's truly a toss-up at this point.
1:09.2	The Trump campaign is basically relying on a lot of unexpected low propensity supporters to be pushed to the polls today, in part because of Trump's rally last night.
1:18.8	He had 12,000 people in Van Andal Arena.
1:22.7	And they're also hoping for that traditional Republican advantage on Election Day.
1:27.7	The big theme of this election is that the Republicans have created a get-out-the-vote early effort
1:34.1	that mostly didn't exist until this year.
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