It's the economy, stupid

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Economic concerns are shaping this year’s election, especially in Nevada. As candidates promise no taxes on you-name-it, it’s a glimpse into how each would reshape American taxes while in office. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Campaign material ahead of a Turning Point Action 'United for Change' campaign rally in Las Vegas. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What a weekend for this presidential race of ours. It started Friday in Htown with Beyonce.
0:06.0	I'm not here as a celebrity. I'm not here as a politician.
0:11.0	I'm here as a mother.
0:12.0	And someone out of Michigan might have been a little jelly
0:14.7	Kamala is at a dance party with Beyoncay. Kamala!
0:19.7	Man who refuses to say it right had another rally at Madison Square Garden Sunday night.
0:25.4	It opened with more jokes about brown people.
0:28.2	There's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now.
0:33.0	Yeah, I think it's called Puerto Rico.
0:35.0	But finally the former president took the stage and opened with...
0:39.0	I'd like to begin by asking a very
0:47.0	very simple question. Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
0:48.0	Because at the end of the day everyone knows that it's all about the economy stupid
0:52.0	and nowhere is that more obvious than in Nevada
0:55.0	the latest in our battleground state series on today explained.
0:58.7	Do you want to be a more empowered citizen, but don't know where to start?
1:04.9	It's time to sharpen your civic vision and ignite the spark for a brighter future.
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