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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Hard Look at Swing State Polling, SCOTUS on Presidential Immunity & How The Filibuster Effects the Supreme Court Week In Review

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.94.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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0:00.0

Welcome. It is Verdict with Ted Cruz. Weekend review, Ben Ferguson with you as always, and there are some major

0:06.6

stories that you may have missed that we talked about this week. First up, what does it look like

0:13.0

state by state right now, especially in the swing states when it comes to the polling with this

0:17.5

presidential election? We're going to break that down for you so you know where we

0:20.9

stand right now just a couple less than two months away from Election Day. Also, the Supreme Court

0:28.2

is now dealing with presidential immunity. So what does it mean for the sitting president and what does

0:34.6

it mean for future presidents after the Supreme Court took a look at

0:38.1

this issue. We'll explain that for you. And finally, Kamala Harris comes out. She wants to end the

0:45.2

filibuster. So what would that look like? And would it mean that they would pack the Supreme Court?

0:50.6

We break that down for you as well. It is the week in review, and it starts right now.

0:57.3

All right, Senator, so let's go through these states, and this is when I say to vertical listeners,

1:00.9

grab your pen and paper, because this is where on election night, you're going to love

1:05.2

watching the results come in with these different states and the knowledge that we're about to give you.

1:12.5

All right. So let's start with Arizona. The best way typically to consume polling numbers is to look

1:18.5

to the real clear politics average. And so, look, there are variations among polls. Some polls are

1:24.0

more accurate than others. But the way most political professionals do is they look

1:28.6

to the polling average and the theory is the average is sort of it it it averages out the the ups and the downs

1:35.4

so if you look to the real clear politics average in arizona right now this is a race between

1:40.4

gallego the democrat and carry lake the republican right, Gallego is leading by 4.3 points.

1:47.0

So that's the average. That's the average of the last four polls that have been done in that race.

1:51.9

Trump has a good chance of winning Arizona. So right now Trump is outperforming Carrie Lake in that state.

1:58.7

But four points is very winnable. She can win that race,

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