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Introducing - Chasing the Vote: The Battlegrounds

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

This is an election unlike any that Americans have seen in generations, with voters having to quickly absorb the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the sudden rise of Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic ticket. In this multi-part series, WSJ political reporter Jimmy Vielkind travels to some of the key states that will decide the election, asking voters what they think of the main arguments put forward by Republicans and Democrats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Buy our electric car, they say.

0:03.0

A thousand mile range, they say.

0:05.4

The seats give massages, they say.

0:07.8

How much?

0:08.8

You say? Ah, well, they say.

0:11.2

But at 14 995, the award-winning Datcha Spring 100% electric is the UK's most affordable new electric car.

0:18.0

So what do you say?

0:20.0

Visit a Datcha retailer to find out more. Based on manufacturers' recommended retail prices of March 3rd for verification,

0:28.0

visit dacha.co. UK slash game changer.

0:31.0

This election is about saving our economy, ending inflation, securing our borders, restoring

0:37.0

our borders, restoring respect for our nation.

0:40.4

We're no longer respect. We fight for a future where every worker has the freedom to join a union, a future with

0:48.6

affordable housing, affordable child care, affordable health care, and paid leave.

0:55.0

The candidates are set and you know the big issues.

1:00.0

Now it's time to look beyond the polls and hear from voters in the key battleground states.

1:05.3

I'm Jimmy Vielkine, a political reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

1:09.2

After bringing you chasing the base during the Republican primary contests this year.

1:13.6

I'm hitting the road again for a new series that explores the contest between former

1:18.2

President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

1:22.0

I wanted to know how big campaign arguments are

1:24.4

playing out on the ground, like how the debate over abortion will drive people to the

1:29.4

polls. Arizona is the biggest battleground where abortion is expected to be on the ballot.

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