How To Vote for the Next President
How To! with Mike Pesca
Peach Fish Projects
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Anthony is that rarest of things in American politics—a swing voter who is up for grabs in 2020. Caught between his Republican voting history and his current dislike of President Trump, Anthony is now registered as an Independent. But does he follow his head or his heart? In this episode of How To!, we bring in veteran political advisors David Axelrod, chief strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns, and Mike Murphy, a Republican consultant, who co-host the podcast Hacks on Tap. David and Mike discuss how to weigh ideology vs. electability and rank the issues that really matter. Can their advice help Anthony—and all of us—make sure our vote counts?
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| 0:00.0 | So let me ask like if the primary was tomorrow for you, how would you cast your ballot? |
| 0:07.0 | Well I don't have to vote till March 17th, so I have time to sort this out. I really don't know. I really don't know yet. I really don't know yet. |
| 0:14.0 | This is writing news. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to How Toe, I'm Charles Stuhig. |
| 0:20.0 | As the race for the White House kicks into high gear, |
| 0:22.0 | we've discovered that most rare of things, |
| 0:25.0 | a swing voter who is still very much undecided. |
| 0:30.0 | My name is Anthony. I am a high school math teacher and how old are you? I am 25 years old |
| 0:36.1 | Okay. Tell me your voting history who who did you vote for in say 2016? Okay, so I did not vote in 2016. |
| 0:43.6 | Okay. |
| 0:44.6 | Yes, I know it's one of those like, you know, shame on you for not voting. |
| 0:48.6 | But it was partially a conscious choice just because South Park put it well, you know, and sort of the choice that I felt was I didn't really like either candidate. |
| 0:58.6 | And prior to 2016. |
| 1:00.6 | Prior to 2016. |
| 1:01.6 | It was 2016. Yes. Who did you vote for in the last presidential election? |
| 1:04.6 | In that presidential election, I voted for Mitt Romney. |
| 1:08.0 | Okay. |
| 1:09.0 | And I know many of my students will be shocked that I didn't vote for Obama. |
| 1:14.3 | Why is that? |
| 1:15.3 | Tell me about that. |
| 1:16.5 | So my school is I think 99% black. |
| 1:21.3 | There's some Latinx students as well, but given that I'm living in New York City, I think they just sort of assume that I am not a Republican. |
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