First Vote's The Charm
What A Day
What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Over 93 million people have voted as of Sunday night. More than 8 million of those voters are doing so for the first time, according to the data firm TargetSmart. We talk to a group of first time voters about why they are participating this year, and why they’re choosing Biden.
The US hit a new record high of Covid-19 cases last Friday — with many swing states hitting record highs as well. And the UK announced a new lockdown to combat their rise in cases.
And in headlines: Typhoon Goni hits the Philippines, high school journalists bust Kentucky State Police, and a new giant coral discovered at the Great Barrier Reef.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, November 2nd. I'm Akila Hughes. |
| 0:08.8 | And I'm Gideon Ressneck and this is what a day where today Florida could be anything. |
| 0:13.2 | Yeah, for hitsimple classifications like red or blue, it could be aquamarine. |
| 0:17.4 | It could be crimson. It could be baby blue. That's a color. |
| 0:22.6 | It could be beige. Do you say beige already? |
| 0:26.4 | No, but Cerulean, that's another color that we just came up with. |
| 0:30.4 | That's the one I was thinking of too. Took the roads right out of my mouth. |
| 0:33.7 | Sky? |
| 0:41.9 | On today's show, we'll hear from people who are voting for the first time this year, |
| 0:44.8 | then some headlines. |
| 0:46.2 | But first the latest. |
| 0:55.9 | That's what I do. |
| 1:01.8 | That was President Barack Obama sinking the hell out of a three point shot over the weekend |
| 1:06.1 | at an event with Joe Biden and Flint, Michigan. |
| 1:08.7 | NBA finals MVP LeBron James called the shot, quote, |
| 1:11.9 | all cash on Twitter. And quite frankly, I understand why Donald Trump is so jealous of the man. |
| 1:16.4 | He got game. In related news, can you believe it? |
| 1:20.2 | We are one day out from the election. |
| 1:22.0 | I am losing my mind. |
| 1:23.9 | I'm trying to keep it together for y'all. |
| 1:25.4 | All right. Over 93 million people have voted as of last night. |
| 1:29.2 | And there are records everywhere. |
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