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PBS News Hour - Segments

How Republican and Democratic convention delegates reflect American political divides

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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With the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, both parties now have their official presidential nominees, and the race to Election Day begins in earnest. For her series, America at a Crossroads, Judy Woodruff takes us back to both convention floors, where she spoke to Republican and Democratic delegates for a sense of how they see the road ahead and the divide between the parties. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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With the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention last evening, both parties now have their official presidential nominees.

0:08.0

And the race to November 5th, Election Day, begins in earnest.

0:12.0

Tonight, Judy Woodruff takes us back to both

0:15.1

convention floors where she spoke to Republican and then Democratic delegates

0:19.6

to get a sense of how they see the road ahead and the divide between the parties.

0:24.4

It's part of her series, America at a crossroads.

0:27.9

In Chicago and Milwaukee, each party had the same goal, energized their voters.

0:34.0

America's future will be bigger, better, bolder, brighter, happier, stronger, free or greater

0:41.9

and more united than ever before.

0:45.0

I will be a president who unites us around our highest aspirations.

0:53.0

But with those messages of healing and unity,

0:57.0

the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious.

1:04.0

Were also words of condemnation.

1:06.5

In less than four years, our opponents

1:09.5

have turned incredible success into unparalleled tragedy and failure.

1:15.0

And on the convention floor...

1:17.0

I think we're at a crossroads.

1:19.0

House divided cannot stand.

1:21.0

Those deep political divisions were about more than the candidates.

1:25.0

Kamala Harris hadn't even become the Democratic nominee when Republicans met in Wisconsin.

1:31.0

But they were about issues that define America in her top of mind for all the

1:36.1

delegates we spoke to. I would love to say America is in a good direction right

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