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The Indicator from Planet Money

Three Kamala Harris Indicators

The Indicator from Planet Money

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4.79.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

You may have heard some big news this past weekend: Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential election. This leaves Kamala Harris as the favorite to be the Democratic nominee.

On today's show, We imagine what can be, and we're unburdened by what has been: Kamala Harris' economics, delegate math in deciding the nominee and ... can Kamala Harris use Joe Biden's campaign money?

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0:00.0

NPR. Indicator hosts hosts assemble

0:14.7

uh... Darin what is it

0:19.6

well and you didn't hear

0:20.5

agent geez where did you come from Did you fall out of a coconut tree?

0:23.6

Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.

0:26.5

He endorsed Kamala Harris.

0:28.4

And she might become the Democratic nominee for president.

0:31.8

And we're going to do an episode about it.

0:33.6

Sounds like it's time to imagine what can be.

0:36.3

I'm burdened by what has been.

0:37.8

This is the indicator for Planet Money.

0:39.5

I'm Adrian Ma here with Gerion Woods and Whelan Wong and you know we're already starting to get

0:44.8

questions in our email inbox about what happens next. So today on the show we're

0:49.5

going to ask what Kamala Harris's economic platform could be if she were to become the nominee.

0:54.8

We'll also go through the math to figure out how Democrats are going to decide their

0:58.8

nominee. And finally we'll ask what's going to happen with all that Biden campaign cash?

1:04.1

In the Venn diagram of economics, politics, and goofiness, we've got you.

1:09.7

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1:34.4

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