Hi, this is Tom from Cleveland, Ohio, and I am currently swinging on a swing set with my two-year-old son in the park down the street from our house.

There is not another person here, so I do not have to worry about social distancing or anyone seeing a grown man swinging on a swing set.

This podcast was recorded at...

136 pm on Monday, July 27th.

Some things have changed by the time you hear this, but I will still most likely be swinging.

Okay, here's the show.

That's such a sweet image.

There is no shame in a grown man swinging on a swing.

Swinging was a lot easier when I was younger. That is all I can say about the swing.

Yeah, right like my dizziness center of gravity has totally changed. I realize the holder of God.

Indeed. Well hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I must m'halle that I cover the presidential campaign.

I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House.

And I'm Dominic O'Montan, our senior political editor and correspondent.

So guys, we have kind of a big key time stamp marker of our own in the political world.

The 2020 presidential race has now officially entered its final 100 days.

We are 99 days away from election day if we're counting today.

And so I thought it would be an appropriate moment for us to talk about where the presidential campaign stand.

You know, when you look at the polls, Joe Biden has consistently led President Trump sometimes by 10 points,

other times by eight points, but either way, he's had a fairly solid lead for a while.

You know, still you don't win elections through a national popular vote.

You win by winning key competitive states.

So Dominic, why don't you start by just kind of walking us through the dynamics in some of those all important battleground states?

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