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Notes from America with Kai Wright

Live From Atlanta: GA Politics, a Growing Gender Gap and Scenes From Spelhouse Homecoming's Tailgate

Notes from America with Kai Wright

WNYC Studios

News Commentary, Politics, History, News

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The widening gender gap in our politics may sway the 2024 presidential election. We travel to the heart of one swing state to discuss the factors contributing to the divide.

Transcript

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We're here in Atlanta asking people what exactly influences the likeability of a candidate to you.

0:17.0

I need to feel like I'm being spoken to even though I know you're running for a president of the United States in this moment you're talking to be.

0:23.6

It's very important that there's a sense of relatability,

0:27.1

but I think the biggest piece is how does it impact the next generation?

0:30.9

Likeability has to do with their personality, their temperament, and their

0:34.7

policies. As far as what I would vote for them, it has to do with their policies.

0:39.2

Me, I look at economics, I look at government expenditures, investment, taxes, how they want to affect me in a long run.

0:48.0

As a southern, very proud southern black woman, I think what is most paramount is who is going to preserve our

0:54.0

democracy, who's going to give everyone the best chance to see what the American

0:58.2

dream is? Oh, It's Notes from America.

1:17.0

I'm Kay Wright.

1:21.0

Welcome to the show. We are coming to you this week from the studios of our partners at W-A-B-E in Atlanta.

1:28.9

We're here in Georgia because this state is once again going to be pivotal in this election.

1:35.0

Early voting has started and I was out by a polling site yesterday.

1:38.7

Shout out to the dudes who cornered me to make sure I'm going to vote.

1:43.2

I got to say, I took note, they were a group of outreach workers

1:46.9

decked out in Planned Parenthood gear who were all black men

1:51.4

about my age or younger. Now listen if you like myself are a black man you

1:56.2

have surely noticed that everybody all of a sudden has become super

2:00.8

interested in what we think about politics. That's because if

2:04.4

enough black man vote for Donald Trump or fail to vote at all, particularly in a

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