from WNYC studios. I'm Brian Lerer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Wednesday,

September 4th. Election season is here. North Carolina sends out mail and ballots beginning this week. Early voting begins in

Pennsylvania a week from next Monday. Kamala Harris is unveiling a tax cut proposal for small

businesses. We'll get into details. CBS describes her as basically camping out in western Pennsylvania

until next Tuesday's debate.

Trump, meanwhile, keeps flirting, at least by implication, with not attending that debate.

J.D. Vance and Democratic Pennsylvania Senator John Federman are both using expletives on the campaign trail there.

The Republicans continue to pressure Harris to sit for more media

interviews after the one she and Tim Walls did on CNN last week and hold a news conference already

at some point. Trump won't take a position on the Florida abortion rights referendum as the

question rises. Could Florida become a swing state again and be in play for the Democrats? And as the question rises, could Florida become a swing state again and be in play for

the Democrats? And as the Democrats have a reported advantage in the get-out-the-vote effort,

the Republicans in some states are ramping up their effort to overturn the vote if Harris wins.

And there's plenty more. So with us now, NPR, senior political editor and

correspondent Domenico Montanaro. Domenico, nice of you to give us some time today when you've got

so much on your reporting plate. Welcome back to WNYC.

Thank you. Great to be back with you, and I'd much rather be in flushing watching tennis.

Right. So you reported on the Democrats seeming more organized in their get-out-the-vote

ground game in some important states. What can you tell us? Yeah, well, the Harris campaign has

more staffers on the ground. They have more offices. They have more volunteers in all of the swing states. I mean, in Pennsylvania, for example, you're talking about Pennsylvania. They just opened their 50th office, it's more than double. But the Trump campaign has. Of course, this has been the story with Trump since he's gotten on the political scene. It kind of makes Republican professionals nervous. They scratch their heads. They don't understand his strategy.

And in 16, he obviously won because he had that deep well of support from his base.

He still has that deep well of support. So he's sort of counting on not having to spend all that

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