Presenting Margins of Error

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This week, we’re bringing you an episode of CNN’s Margins of Error. It's been a year since Americans waited on edge to find out the winner in the strangest election of our lifetimes. CNN’s Harry Enten revisits that night and gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how election night turned into election week. He'll also explore the repercussions of the delayed count and how we can avoid drawn out election results in the future.

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0:00.0	Hey, Axe Files listeners. This week we're bringing you an episode of Margins of Error,
0:08.6	a new podcast from CNN's Terrific Numbers Guy, Harry Enten. On Margins of Error, Harry
0:14.6	finds the human story hidden in statistics. This season he explores questions like,
0:19.6	why phone anxieties on the rise and what it might mean for polling. And why statistically,
0:24.5	it's both harder and easier than ever to top the music charts. In the episode we're sharing
0:29.9	today, Harry asks how the 2020 election turned into a week-long event. And whether this is our
0:35.2	new normal. I really enjoyed this episode. I hope you do too.
0:45.7	Shalom folks, Harry here. Coming to you directly from a sound stage I stood on during
0:51.2	Election Week 2020. Today we're looking at the 2020 election and how it was the longest election
0:57.7	I ever that didn't need to be. This is Margins of Error.
1:04.4	You know, when we were coming up with the idea for this podcast, I got to be honest.
1:09.8	I told my bosses that I didn't want to do a podcast about elections. The truth is that politics
1:16.0	over the last five years and especially during the coronavirus, well, it warmed me out.
1:21.7	I wanted to span out and talk about non-politically related topics. But I got to say,
1:28.7	when it comes around election time, I get dare I say a tingling up my spine. So as the one-year
1:36.6	anniversary of arguably the most contentious election of our lifetimes rolls around,
1:41.9	I feel the need to talk about it.
1:44.8	Hi, Harry. It's Olivia Collins. I did not think it was going to get called in one night.
1:49.7	I didn't think it would take quite as long as it ended up taking.
1:53.9	Yes, I did expect the race to be called in one day because I trusted the polls.
2:00.0	I set my night with friends in DC having a big election night party.
2:05.7	My girlfriend and I got hammers and watched a cast and it was fantastic.
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