Former Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe on the Latest Political News

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🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Since former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe published “A Citizen’s Guide to Beating Donald Trump” back in early March, there have been major developments regarding the 2020 election. Former Vice President Joe Biden became the Democratic nominee, the coronavirus pandemic escalated and the economy fell into a deep recession. Most recent polls have Trump trailing in the general election, and one poll from Berkeley IGS this week has Biden leading by 39 percentage points among California voters. But many questions are still to be answered, including who Biden will pick as his running mate, what an election looks like in a pandemic and which strategies each party should take in order to win votes. Plouffe joins Forum to talk about the book, answer those questions and discuss the latest political news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:35.2	is credited as the architect of President Obama's historic victories.
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1:48.1	on how the pandemic has transformed the way a presidential race is run,
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1:58.3	David Pluff's new book is A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump. He joins us after this news.
2:16.4	Thank you. guide to beating Donald Trump. He joins us after this news. This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. A Politico headline this week reads, Trump's campaign knocks on a million doors a week, Biden's knocks on zero. In other words, with three months to election day, the Democratic nominee has decided for now to forego a fundamental political tool in the face of COVID-19, door-to-door canvassing.
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