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Serious Inquiries Only

SIO216: The NYT Polling Panic

Serious Inquiries Only

Thomas Smith

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Recent polling done by the New York Times has many liberals very worried about the 2020 election. Despite being so unpopular, Trump is polling well against the major Democratic rivals in 6 key states that the NYT polled. Jamie and I discuss the polling and why we should or should not be freaked out, and the implications this has on running more to the center or to the left.

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0:00.0

You're listening to serious inquiries only. Oh, Hello and welcome to Serious Inquiries only. This is I'm Thomas that's Jamie how's it going Jamie I'm tired from dilate savings Thomas but otherwise good. I know I joke you I'm I'm calling your bluff right now. I said off air you thought this was some blackmail material

0:45.9

The minute Trump supports making daylight savings time permanent I'm sorry make America sleep right again I'm I'll convert that's my I'm a one-issue

0:56.6

voter and currently nobody is like promising on a federal level to fix that. Because it has to be federally.

1:03.6

I'm pretty sure states aren't even allowed to do it.

1:06.0

Like some got grandfathered in or whatever,

1:08.2

but anyway, long story short, that's my one issue.

1:11.3

And I think Trump's too stupid to figure this out but if he did that I

1:16.1

would have some soul searching to do just saying so yeah so yeah so I'm

1:21.0

I'm glad that you know my refusal to vote for Biden now is the least controversial of our lines in the sand

1:28.1

So that's good you know what I come around or I'd vote third part now No, I'm just kidding. I would come. I'm just teasing but

1:35.6

Democrats you might want to you know jump on that one because it's Daylight Savings

1:40.1

time is the dumbest well I know everyone has to be the correct everybody I care about the

1:45.7

changing of the time I literally don't care what the meaningless symbols it could be

1:50.6

a picture of a chicken and like a moon.

1:54.6

It doesn't matter what the symbols are on the clock.

1:56.8

What matters is the fact that we decide to change them by one symbol

2:00.3

twice a year.

2:01.2

That's all I care about.

2:02.2

Pick one. That's it it it doesn't matter to me

2:05.0

oh sorry drives me nuts yes when you have kids and you work for their precious

2:10.0

bedtime and you feel so good about having accomplished a bedtime that works and it's good for their

2:15.4

mental health and also for your mental health and then not screaming and then it's like

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