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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Election night is here, and the U.S.–and the world–is watching as the votes come in. WSJ's Politics Editor Ben Pershing walks us through what he's keeping a close eye on, and how long it might take before a winner is called. Further Reading: -Election Day 2024 Live: It's Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump as America Votes -A (Don’t Hold Us to It) Hour-by-Hour Guide to Election Night Further Listening: -Harris, Trump and the Inflation Election -Red, White and Who? An Electoral College Blowout? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, it's about midday, late morning, on Election Day, and I am in the Washington, D.C.
0:13.5	Newsroom of the Wall Street Journal.
0:14.7	It's actually pretty quiet right now.
0:16.7	Seems like a lot of folks are still out and about reporting, heading to polling stations,
0:23.1	probably talking to voters.
0:25.1	But what we're going to do is we're going to go over to Ben Pershing's desk.
0:29.9	He's the politics editor here at the journal and kind of just see how things are shaping up.
0:35.1	But before we do that, I got to bring him an offering,
0:38.5	I'm going to find. There's some snacks here. Let's do some cheese it, granola bar. We'll do
0:48.5	that. Let's head over.
0:57.2	And here's Ben.
1:00.1	Hi, Ben. How's it going?
1:00.6	Good.
1:02.0	How are you feeling today?
1:02.9	Pretty good.
1:03.7	Yeah, yeah.
1:04.5	Not stressed it. Rested, ready. I haven't eaten too much yet.
1:06.8	Well, that's perfect because I brought you some snacks.
1:09.0	Oh, boy.
1:09.5	So I love Cheez-It's.
1:10.7	There you go-to, but usually more in the afternoon than morning. Okay. So that's perfect because I brought you some snacks. Oh boy. So I love Cheez-Itz. And that is my go-to, but usually more in the afternoon than morning.
1:13.6	Okay, well, I'm just me.
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