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🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Do this week’s national presidential polling averages doom Donald Trump’s chance at winning the election? Joe Biden has maintained a steady national polling lead of 6 to 9 points for months now, with no signs of letting up as we approach November 3. The latest CNN, NBC, and Rasmussen polls from this week show Biden in a 16-, 14-, and 12-point lead, respectively. “Even if [these polls] are outliers on the top number,” Jonah says, “The unspoken story about all of this is Biden is running away with it with seniors.” Trump won seniors decisively in 2016 and a Democrat hasn’t won the demographic since former presidential candidate Al Gore in 2000. All things considered, our podcast hosts warn that this could be one of the biggest presidential sweeps since Bill Clinton defeated Bob Dole in 1996. Tune in for a conversation about the right’s transition to online social media trolling, the president’s Twitter addiction, and tonight’s upcoming vice presidential debate. Show Notes: -Post-debate Dispatch Live tonight, 30 day free trial at The Dispatch, CNN poll showing Biden in a 16-point lead, NBC poll showing Biden in a 14-point lead, Rasmussen poll showing Biden in a 12 -point lead, “4 Funny Feelings about 2020” by Tim Alberta in Politico, -“Fan Service Is Not Serving Trump Well” by Jonah Goldberg in The Dispatch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of the Dispatch Podcast.
0:03.2	I'm your host Sarah Isger.
0:04.6	Join us always by Steve Hayes, David French and Jonah Goldberg.
0:08.9	This podcast is brought to you by the dispatch.
0:11.3	You've still got a few hours left.
0:13.5	Go to thedispatch.com slash 30 days free to try out a membership with the dispatch.
0:20.3	Also tonight Wednesday night is the Vice Presidential debate and we will be doing a special dispatch
0:27.2	podcast alive with all four of us to talk about our first impressions of the Vice Presidential
0:35.6	debate.
0:36.6	Did it matter?
0:37.6	Did anyone make any head roads?
0:39.2	Did the race dramatically change?
0:41.6	Unlikely.
0:42.6	But let's see.
0:43.9	And today topics include the president, the coronavirus diagnosis, what it means for the
0:51.0	race, what's going on with the larger race, the center races, the down ballots.
0:57.6	The very online Twitter conversation and what's happening to the bases of the two parties.
1:04.0	And lastly are expectations on that debate tonight.
1:08.4	Plus some stamp talk.
1:10.8	Let's dive right in, Steve.
1:27.2	You're up.
1:29.4	Donald Trump came out of last week's debate in trouble.
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