Make America Vote Again

Pompey Politics Podcast

Simon Sansbury and Ian 'Tiny' Morris

Politics, News, News Commentary

5 • 4 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of the US Presidential elections November 5th we take a look at a most pivotal of elections in a year of key ballots across the globe. Why is the 2024 Presidential election so important? How does it all work? How are US elections different to those in the UK? We·re joined by Lee Sartain, Senior Lecturer in American History to help us Brits try and make sense of it all. If you'd like more information about the Electoral College, or the American voting system in general here's some links worth looking at:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiPL-XHKnCk https://youtu.be/ajavsMbCapY?si=EO26YtxjjIwlziEn https://www.usa.gov/electoral-college Don't forget to like / comment / review / subscribe. Swing by pppodcast.uk if you'd like to sign up for our weekly emails about what episodes are coming up.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Pompy Politics Podcast.
0:02.4	I'm Ian Tini Morris.
0:04.1	And I'm Simon Sandsbury.
0:14.2	Welcome once again to the Pompy Politics Podcast.
0:17.1	If you're joining us live on Sunday evening, hopefully you're having a good time of it,
0:21.7	or if you're catching up on a podcast provider, then hopefully our voices are coming through
0:27.0	nice and warm as you settle down to enjoy another hour of politics. And what a week it's been.
0:33.1	We did our special on Wednesday evening for the budget and various musings and machinations
0:38.7	on that.
0:39.7	A bit more has come out since.
0:41.6	And of course yesterday, Kemi Badenock was announced as the new leader of the Conservative
0:46.6	Party.
0:47.6	I think to most people's surprise, but we're going to put that one on the shelf as we cross
0:53.6	the pond to talk about our
0:55.5	friends and comrades and colleagues in the good old US of A, Simon.
1:00.3	Yes, indeed.
1:01.6	And because we both know even less about that than we do UK in Portsmouth politics,
1:07.2	we've invited someone that does know about American politics and an American history,
1:13.0	and that is Lee Sartain, who's a senior lecturer in American history. So welcome to the show, Lee.
1:19.1	Hello. It's good to be here. Thank you for inviting me.
1:23.0	Thank you for joining us. Thanks for giving up your part of your Sunday evening to help us,
1:27.8	poor Brits understand what the mess is across the other side of the pond. So hopefully we can
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