The Campaign Moment: What the final polls tell us
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 1 November 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
What the early voting numbers and final polling say in the last days of the 2024 campaign.
“Post Reports” co-host Martine Powers and senior political reporter Aaron Blake talk with Amy Gardner, who covers early voting for The Post, about what early voting data can and can’t tell us right now about the election results. They also talk about whether looking at polls this weekend is helpful, and what to make of burned ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington.
Today’s show was produced by Eliza Dennis. It was edited by Lucy Perkins and Mary Jo Murphy and mixed by Sam Bair.
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| 0:00.0 | So I know that everyone is saying right now that they want the election to be over. |
| 0:07.5 | This is what journalists are saying. |
| 0:09.6 | Can't wait for it to be over. |
| 0:10.8 | I feel like my family members are saying this. |
| 0:12.6 | I feel like every voter we talk to, they're like, I cannot wait for this to be over. |
| 0:16.2 | But I'm curious, what are you guys going to miss about this part of election season and this, like, exciting lead up to election day? |
| 0:27.4 | Long pause. Long pause, I think is the answer. The silence is telling. |
| 0:32.3 | I get excited when voting starts, and so I do get up in the morning and reach down to the floor next to my bed |
| 0:39.8 | and grab my laptop where I put it the night before and start looking at data from the states. |
| 0:47.2 | And that's fun. Amy, that is not a very healthy sleep practice. I hope that changes after election day. |
| 0:54.1 | My son this morning was literally talking about how you're not supposed to look at your phone |
| 0:57.8 | for 90 minutes before bed. Yeah, whatever. And I'm like, he is much more well-adjusted than I am. |
| 1:09.0 | Welcome to the campaign moment on this Friday, November 1st. |
| 1:12.7 | The election is next week. |
| 1:15.0 | Oh, my gosh. |
| 1:15.8 | I'm Martin Powers, co-host of Post Reports. |
| 1:18.4 | My gosh. |
| 1:19.0 | And I am Aaron Blake, senior political reporter and author of the Campaign Moment newsletter. |
| 1:23.5 | We're also joined this week by our good friend Amy Gardner, who covers voting on the democracy team for The Post. |
| 1:30.1 | Hey, team. Great to be here as always. |
| 1:32.9 | Thanks for being here. |
| 1:34.7 | Okay. So as you both know, this has been a very busy few days leading up to Election Day. |
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