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The NPR Politics Podcast

Trump Is Following His 2016 Roadmap. Does It Matter That The Electorate Has Changed?

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Politics, Daily News, News

4.524.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Protests continue after police in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot Jacob Blake repeatedly in the back on Sunday. A young white man is said to have murdered two demonstrators on Tuesday. What do continuing racial justice demonstrations and sporadic violence mean for Trump and Biden?

And, a new report shows how the demographics of eligible voters have changed since Trump's 2016 win. What does that mean for his path to re-election?

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Today's episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, this is it.

0:01.8

And this is Katie.

0:03.0

We're the managers of our University radio station, Simmons Radio the Shark,

0:06.7

Epin Boston.

0:07.8

We just finished our virtual meeting for our station's annual budget.

0:10.9

This podcast was recorded at 11.56 am on Friday, August 28th.

0:15.9

Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but we'll still be here.

0:19.6

Doing virtual meetings and wishing we were at our school.

0:22.8

Enjoy the show!

0:25.5

Ah, we all want to not be in virtual meetings and see each other again.

0:32.3

We feel you ladies.

0:33.3

Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast.

0:36.6

I'm Susan Davis.

0:37.6

I cover Congress.

0:38.6

I'm Franco Ordenio's.

0:39.6

I cover the White House.

0:40.6

And I'm Los McCulloch.

0:41.6

They cover the presidential campaign.

0:43.5

And after two weeks of covering the political conventions, we wanted to start today's roundup

0:48.0

with a catch-up on some of the news we haven't had a chance to talk about yet.

0:51.8

But asma first, I think we got to note that you certainly sound like you are not in a

0:56.0

virtual meeting outside.

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