Weekly Roundup: September 18th

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🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

A steady presidential race remains steady: Joe Biden's lead is in the high single-digits nationally. But Trump's messaging tying Joe Biden to socialism is finding purchase with Latino voters in Florida, a state that is essential to the president's re-election effort.

This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, campaign reporter Juana Summers, White House reporter Franco Ordoñez, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Sarah and Portland, Oregon, where it is finally raining and I'm
0:05.0	celebrating by taking the dog for a walk without a respirator for the first time
0:08.6	in a week. This podcast was recorded at 12.05 pm on Friday, September 18th.
0:15.1	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but we'll still be here
0:18.8	waiting to see what 2020 throws next at Portland, Oregon. All right, here's the show.
0:25.1	Oh, I bet they've never been happier to see rain out there. Right. And I'm really
0:31.7	thinking of those guys. Hey there, it's the MPR Politics podcast, I'm Susan Davis,
0:35.9	I cover Congress. I'm Wanda Summers, I cover the campaign. And I'm
0:39.3	Jim Enrico Montenoro, senior political editor and correspondent. And guys,
0:42.9	before we get started, a bit of a milestone for the podcast today is our
0:47.0	275 daily episode. So happy anniversary. Wow, we're about to hit you with some more numbers.
0:54.7	Well, exactly right, because we've got a new poll out today from MPR, PBS News
1:00.2	Hour, and Maris College. So, Domenico, as our poll guru, what are the top
1:04.3	lines? Well, this thing runs the gamut of all the issues that, you know, most
1:08.7	people are caring about. In fact, we even asked about issues, which was
1:11.9	interesting as well. But when you look at the horse race, we're looking at the
1:15.8	presidential election between President Trump and Joe Biden, the former vice
1:20.3	president, the Democratic nominee, Biden leads Trump by nine points, 52 to 43
1:25.9	among likely voters is the first time that the survey has screened for likely
1:30.7	voters this cycle. And gotta tell you, our remarkably consistent presidential race
1:36.6	continues to be remarkably consistent because registered voters, it was a
1:41.8	10 point lead for Biden, mostly unchanged from last month. Really, it's about
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