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The NPR Politics Podcast

Midterm Update: What You Should Pay Attention To On Election Night

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Politics, Daily News, News

4.425.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2018

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

This is your guide to what to pay attention to as the results roll in on Tuesday. The NPR Politics team walks through what races they will be watching on election night. Key battlegrounds in each timezone will illuminate whether there will be a blue wave, red wave, or something in between. This episode: political reporter Asma Khalid, Congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, Congressional reporter Kelsey Snell, and political editor Domenico Montanaro. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Johnna.

0:01.5

And Alexandra, we're filling out our ballots

0:03.6

while listening to the latest NPR politics podcast.

0:07.0

This podcast was recorded at...

0:08.8

209 PM on Wednesday, October 31st.

0:12.1

Things may have changed by the time you hear this.

0:14.8

Okay, here's the show.

0:19.9

Well hey there, it is the NPR politics podcast

0:22.4

and we're here with an election guide to help you figure out

0:25.1

what you ought to pay attention to

0:26.7

as the results roll in on election night.

0:29.2

I must mahala political reporter.

0:31.2

I'm Dominican Montenarro political editor.

0:33.2

I'm Kelsey Snell, I cover Congress.

0:34.8

I'm Scott Detro, I also cover Congress.

0:37.2

So we're going to walk through what we will be paying attention to on Tuesday night.

0:41.5

But first let's talk about the big picture.

0:44.2

It seems increasingly likely that we could have both a blue wave

0:48.8

and a red wave depending on how you look at things.

0:51.7

Yeah, I think it's really fascinating that that's actually the way

0:54.8

that things appear to be shaping up or moving toward.

0:57.1

And what we're talking about here is that the House

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