Understanding The County That Went For Obama, Trump, And Biden

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Erie, Pa., supported Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 elections, Donald Trump in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. What makes the county such a reliable bellwether? And how are campaign operatives there feeling about this year's race?

This episode: voting correspondent Ashley Lopez, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and national political correspondent Don Gonyea.

This podcast was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Casey Morell. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:33.7	This podcast was recorded at 12.35 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
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1:07.6	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
1:10.0	I'm Ashley Lopez.
1:11.0	I cover voting.
1:12.0	I'm Domenica Monnetonaro, senior political editor and correspondent. I'm Domenica Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.
1:14.5	I'm Don Gagnier, national political correspondent.
1:17.4	And we're deep in a presidential election season, so you know what that means.
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