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The NPR Politics Podcast

Joe Biden Up In Post-Debate Polls

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Politics, Daily News, News

4.524.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The president's sickness has dragged the pandemic back to the center of the presidential campaign, despite the looming Supreme Court fight. And Joe Biden's lead is stable or perhaps slightly up from where it was before the presidential debate last week.

This episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, White House reporter Juana Summers, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Mackenzie from Irvine, California.

0:03.4

I am standing outside my bedroom where I'm about to put down my phone, walk in,

0:08.3

and take the first ever remotely administered California bar exam.

0:13.8

This episode was recorded at 2.11pm on October 6th.

0:18.6

Things may have changed by the time you hear it.

0:21.0

Okay, here's the show.

0:22.3

That is a stressful thing to do passing the bar exam at any time, especially right now in 2020.

0:31.0

I cannot imagine doing that for my house.

0:33.2

Yep, same.

0:35.0

Well, Godspeed, and in the meantime, hi, it is the NPR Politics Podcast.

0:39.0

I'm Danielle Kurtzleben, I cover politics.

0:41.4

I'm Wata Summers, I'm covering the White House.

0:43.4

And I'm Domenico Montenoro, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.

0:46.8

Okay, let's kick things off today with a little bit of news and update on the President's

0:50.4

health.

0:51.4

We have a statement from the White House physician, Sean Conley, it was released just this afternoon.

0:56.2

That statement said that President Donald Trump is stable and, quote, reports no symptoms.

1:01.1

So the president says he's fine.

1:03.9

And beyond that, we have more news.

1:05.2

We have these first post-debate polls that have started to come out.

1:09.3

And those polls have been good news for Joe Biden.

1:11.6

Domenico, I know you've been digging into these.

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