Stephen A. Smith On Where The Democrats Went Wrong

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🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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ESPN host and political commentator Stephen A. Smith joins Sara Haines and Brian Teta to weigh in on Trump's landslide victory, why he says he saw it coming and the role pollsters played in predicting a Harris win. He emphasizes the importance of addressing the electorate without alienation and discusses the missteps of the Democratic Party. Plus, he discusses the rise of women's sports this year and the role of WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark. Listen to "The Stephen A. Smith Show" wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.2	like a professional. Post your free job on LinkedIn.com slash agree today. I'm Brian Teta,
0:31.8	executive producer of The View. It's Thursday, and today Sarah and I are hanging out with
0:36.3	Stephen A. Smith.
0:39.6	This is behind the table.
0:44.2	All right, we are honored here to be joined the podcast royalty.
0:46.6	Stephen A. Smith is here.
0:47.3	How you doing?
0:48.7	Doing well. Sarah Haynes is also here.
0:50.5	But Stephen A. Smith is here. That's the important thing.
0:55.2	We've had a great conversation on the show today about politics, and you said that you were not shocked that Trump won, but you were stunned that it was a landslide. Why do you
1:00.9	think most people didn't see it coming? Because the pollsters told us, and we believed them,
1:05.1	that it was going to be a tight race. They were in panic mode. And the reason why so many people
1:09.8	were in panic mode was because the tighter the race,
1:13.3	the more chaos presumably would ensue because he would automatically say it was rigged.
1:19.6	He would challenge the outcome of the election.
1:22.0	We all knew this.
1:23.5	And as a result, folks were fearful that it was going to be a replica of 2020.
1:28.7	And so because of that, anticipating that hearing the pollster saying it was nip and tuck, it could go in either direction, that's what everybody was anticipating, including Trump himself, that was already complaining about how certain places were rigged and it needs to be an investigation,
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