How Israel is upending Democratic races

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🗓️ 5 March 2024

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Super Tuesday is the biggest day of the presidential primary campaign, but the biggest race in the biggest state isn’t about Biden or Trump. Instead, the leading candidates for California’s open Senate seat — three Democrats and a Republican — are finding themselves talking a lot about Israel, Palestine, and the war in Gaza. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and guest-hosted by Alana Casanova Burgess. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's today explained. I'm Alana Casanova Burgess filling in his host on this super Tuesday.
0:06.0	Elections everywhere in the US all at once.
0:11.0	This could be Nicky Haley's last stand and folks are mad at Biden about his
0:15.0	support of Israel's war in Gaza. But we'll start with the Senate race in
0:19.5	California. This was a seat that was occupied since 1992 by Senator Diane Feinstein,
0:25.0	who was this legend of California politics, a real institution.
0:30.0	This is Melanie Mason.
0:31.0	She writes about California politics for political.
0:34.4	Whoever gets the seat it automatically catapults them to a new level of
0:39.0	notoriety a new level of prominence in the Democratic Party.
0:43.0	Israel is a major talking point for candidates in that race,
0:46.0	and it's shaking up primary contests across the country.
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