Election Day AMA Special (with Cristina Uribe)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

Civic Ventures

Business, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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When are we going to know the results of this election? What can we do about voter suppression? And are Democrats finally giving up on trickle-down economics? Zach and political strategist Cristina Uribe answer these questions and more as they discuss what this election means for our economy and the health of our democracy. It’s not too late to vote! If you’re unsure how, go to vote.org. And if you already voted by mail, track your ballot and make sure it was accepted! Cristina Uribe is a veteran political strategist and manager working at the intersection of advocacy and politics. She has held senior management roles at several organizations, including California Director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC), Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives at the National Education Association (NEA), and Western Regional Director at EMILY’s List. She has led campaigns and civic engagement efforts in dozens of states across the country. Twitter: @curibeca Show us some love by leaving a rating or a review! RateThisPodcast.com/pitchforkeconomics Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/ Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

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0:00.0	Hey, Zach Silk here. I'm the president of Civic Ventures. Today we are going to be listening in on a program that we do on Nick Hanauer's
0:15.0	Facebook page. We do a review of the week's news on Fridays and you can check it out
0:21.2	by going over to Nick's Facebook page and we talk about the news of the week
0:25.4	What's overrated? What's underrated? And it's a way for us to kind of review things
0:30.4	It'll be familiar to you. We mostly talk about economics and politics and how those two things collide. But this last Friday, I talked to one of my close friends and a political expert Christina Uribe and we talked about the coming election, which is today.
0:48.3	And we did an AMA.
0:50.2	On this episode, we hope that we bring a little clarity to the political and also economic ramifications of the results today.
1:00.0	We think we can give you some sense of what's likely to come, what it's likely to mean, and we hope it gives you some ease as you head into tonight.
1:10.0	If our questioners were any indication, many of you are probably feeling some anxiety about today, and that is totally reasonable.
1:18.0	But here's a couple of things that I want you to think about, and it came out in our conversation with Christina.
1:24.9	The first thing is it is an extraordinary display of civic engagement we are watching.
1:31.6	We are watching record turnout year over year.
1:35.0	To be clear, it's not unique to this year.
1:38.0	17, 2018, and 2019 showed record turnout in elections all over the country.
1:46.7	We are seeing an unprecedented amount of civic engagement and that is the future of the country. And so no matter what the outcomes are tonight, and it was likely to be several days ahead as we sort out who won this election and we count every vote. You should know that
2:05.8	we are in a period of unbelievable civic engagement and we here at Civic Ventures and Pitch Fork Economics really do believe that the people are on our side.
2:16.7	And what that really means ultimately is when we're all engaged, the politics will get better.
2:21.8	The most important thing, of course, is you should make sure you vote.
2:25.2	If you have not voted already, you still have time. Please make sure that you participate in the process and enjoy the episode.
2:33.3	Hey, hello everybody.
2:40.3	This is Zach Silk.
2:41.2	Welcome to Civic Action Live. We have a special show this week.
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