‘The Run-Up’ Returns, Every Week Through Election Day
The Run-Up
The New York Times
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🗓️ 30 October 2023
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We're just about a year from Election Day 2024, and in a race where the Democratic incumbent |
| 0:09.6 | is running for re-election, and the leading Republican candidate is a former president |
| 0:14.5 | himself. |
| 0:15.5 | It can be easy to write off the story of 2024, as one we've heard before. |
| 0:21.6 | The same choices. |
| 0:22.6 | When it comes to Joe Biden, people say, man, he's too old to run, isn't he? |
| 0:27.8 | With even more baggage. |
| 0:29.5 | Former U.S. President Donald Trump indicted again. |
| 0:32.9 | This the fourth case against him, adding up to a combined 91 charges. |
| 0:38.1 | But to me, that's exactly what makes 2024 distinct. |
| 0:43.4 | The same two candidates, dominating their party's primaries. |
| 0:46.6 | I don't know if you can guess what I would maybe even support with me, but I think it's |
| 0:51.7 | Tim. |
| 0:52.7 | Tim Scott. |
| 0:53.7 | Tim Scott, or Kayla, or Kyla, what's the last name? |
| 0:57.7 | While alternatives struggle to emerge. |
| 1:06.9 | At the same time, when you think about the 2024 election, how do you feel? |
| 1:12.0 | Second. |
| 1:13.3 | That voters openly hate their options. |
| 1:16.7 | This calls for an entirely different approach to political reporting. |
| 1:20.7 | And that's what the run-up is going to do for the next year. |
| 1:24.1 | We're still doing some of the things you'd expect. |
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