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In this episode, what the voters told us in the election, insights from two reporters who covered

the front lines of the campaign and spoke to a large number of voters, election workers,

and politicians from all sides.

This is Let's Find Common Ground. I'm Richard Davies.

I'm Ashley Miltite. Turn out in this election from both Democrats and Republicans was at a record

high. Interest in politics is much greater than it was. We ask, how divided the country is,

or isn't? In this episode, we go beyond the beltway and find out what happened in swing states.

Our guests are Christa Case Bryant and Story Hinkley, both politics reporters with the Christian

Science Monitor. Richard, you get the first question. In his first speech as president-elect,

Joe Biden talked about his hope for a nation-unified, strengthened and healed,

with America so deeply divided. That's a pretty tall order, isn't it?

Yes, I think it was a step in the right direction, though, directly addressing Trump voters by

saying I understand your disappointment was encouraging, and especially his point about

saying that our opponents are not our enemies. There are Americans, and we're all Americans,

and me, to listen to each other and put aside the harsh rhetoric. I think those were all good

notes to sound. I do think it's going to be a big job, maybe even a little bigger than

Biden indicated in his speech on Saturday night, because I would characterize a lot of Trump

voters as not necessarily feeling disappointed as much as feeling like they're not totally sure

that the media was right, and calling it for Biden when the races were so close to a number of

states. A lot of Democrats, as well as Republicans, including high Republican officials, have

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