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Hi, this is Nikki in Westminster, Maryland, and I'm getting ready to vote in my first presidential election.

This podcast was recorded at 12.37 p.m. on Friday, November 1st, 2024.

Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I will have cast my ballot.

Okay, here's the show.

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I'm loving all these early voting timestamps. Very exciting.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Miles Parks. I cover voting.

I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.

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It's the final Friday before Election Day, and today on the show, we're talking about how the two presidential candidates can

win, specifically which states, assuming that all of the safe Democratic and Republican states go

the way most people think they're going to go, which swing states each candidate needs to win to actually

win the presidency. Domenico, let's start with Kamala Harris. What is the most straightforward path for her to win next week?

Well, for her to win next week, you know, she needs to win everywhere that she's favored.

And if she were to add to those, the toss-up blue wall states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania,

that would get her right to 270 electoral votes.

And certainly, that's where her campaign is focused because that's where

she's been pulling best and where some of the demographics and history have helped them there.

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