Faith, fear and freedom: European eyes are on the US vote

EU Confidential

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🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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For a fresh view of the U.S. election in its final days — and what it means for Europe — this week’s episode of EU Confidential gets a ground-level take from the campaign trail. POLITICO’s Jakob Hanke Vela, usually based in Brussels, has been dispatched to the U.S. to meet voters and cover the campaign from a European perspective. Francesca Chambers, White House correspondent for USA Today, has been hitting the trail with Kamala Harris after covering the Obama, Trump and Biden presidencies. They join host Sarah Wheaton to analyze the closing arguments of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, as well as to parse what’s quirky about campaigning in America — and what it has in common with other votes around the EU. (We’re all MAGA on migration now.) We also look ahead to potential ripple effects in Europe: Would another Trump White House be more of the same — or would it be Trump unchained? You can find Jakob’s American dispatches here: https://www.politico.eu/section/dc-decoded/ Further reading: Kamala Harris is warning Polish Americans not to vote for Donald Trump. Many will, by Emilio Casalicchio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Look, y'all, I have no idea what's going to happen.
0:04.3	With your vote, I will end inflation.
0:07.3	Our country will be bigger, better, bolder, richer, safer.
0:11.3	We are all here because we are fighting for a democracy.
0:14.9	Now she wants to be promoted to the job killer in chief.
0:19.8	This is someone who is unstable, obsessed with revenge, and out for unchecked power.
0:28.1	Kamala, you're fired.
0:30.3	Get out.
0:32.3	The U.S. presidential election is just days away, and the polls are neck and neck.
0:42.2	They're neck and neck nationally, and also in the seven or so swing states that actually matter.
0:47.6	And it's only seven states that actually matter because of the electoral college.
0:52.5	It's jargon that would satisfy the ears of the most technocratic
0:55.7	Brussels nerd, with big implications for democracy. The White House goes not to the person who wins
1:01.6	the popular vote, but to the person who gets 270 electoral votes. They're like points assigned to each state
1:08.7	based roughly on population.
1:15.3	So which states do we actually need to pay attention to on the 5th of November?
1:18.7	Will defending democracy work for Kamala Harris?
1:22.3	Are voters more focused on their own immediate lives?
1:29.7	And if Donald Trump does come back, will it be the familiar chaos? Or are we looking at a Trump unchained, ready to take on everyone, including European allies? I'm Sarah Wheaton, host of
1:38.2	EU Confidential. And in this episode, I really wanted to dig into how U.S. elections are unique
1:43.8	and how they follow trends that are wanted to dig into how U.S. elections are unique and how they follow
1:45.1	trends that are similar to other Western democracies. So let's get to it. All right, I'm joined by
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