The Field: On Election Day, 'Two Different Worlds'

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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This episode contains strong language. At the heart of one race for the Wisconsin State Assembly are some of the same political cracks splitting the U.S. as a whole. Some believe keeping businesses running is a priority during the coronavirus pandemic; others think keeping people safe and healthy should be given precedence. What do the different approaches reveal about Wisconsin politics and about broader American divisions? Reid J. Epstein, a politics reporter for The New York Times, and Andy Mills and Luke Vander Ploeg, audio producers for The Times, went to the state to find out. Guests: Reid J. Epstein, who covers campaigns and elections for The New York Times; Andy Mills, a senior audio producer for The Times; Luke Vander Ploeg, an audio producer for The Times. Bonus Election Day special: The Daily is going LIVE today. Listen to Michael Barbaro and Carolyn Ryan, a deputy managing editor at The Times, as they call our correspondents for the latest on a history-making day. Tune in from 4 - 8 p.m. Eastern, only on nytimes.com/thedaily and on The New York Times iPhone app. Click here for more information. Background reading: Here’s Reid’s story about how the virus has divided the conservative town of Minocqua, Wis.President Trump and Joe Biden barnstormed through battleground states, concluding an extraordinary campaign conducted amid a health crisis and deep economic anxiety.

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0:26.0	Read where, where are we and why are we here?
0:37.2	We are just outside of Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
0:40.7	There's snow on the ground everywhere.
0:43.6	The car says it is 29 degrees.
0:46.6	It's days before the election.
0:48.8	This is a fairly Republican area.
0:50.8	It's in the north woods of Wisconsin near the Michigan border.
0:57.9	And yet there are Democrats that are putting up a big fight to try to get out their voters
1:03.2	that just didn't exist four years ago and frankly in a lot of years before that.
1:10.2	From the New York Times, this is the field.
1:12.7	I'm Reed Epstein in Wisconsin.
1:19.2	In 2016, Wisconsin was the forgot state.
1:22.9	After it had reliably voted for every Democratic presidential candidate since 1988, Hillary
1:27.9	Clinton never once traveled there during the campaign.
1:31.6	And on election night 2016, four years ago, Donald Trump shocked posters when he won
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