Why Biden Won

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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CPF Director Bob Shrum is joined by strategists Stephanie Cutter and James Carville, Journalist Adam Nagourney, and Cristobal Alex, Senior Advisor for Joe Biden's presidential campaign to examine Biden's winning campaign strategy.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Election R&D from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.2	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot-button issues,
0:21.4	where we respect each other and we respect the truth.
0:24.5	We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:30.6	Good day. I'm Bob Shrum, the Warsaw Chair in Practical Politics at USC Dornsife
0:36.6	and the Director of the Center for the Political
0:38.2	Future. We want to welcome you to this panel on why Biden won. I want to thank Dean Miller for
0:43.5	introducing the program today and Jamie Kableer from the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival with whom we
0:48.8	have had a very fruitful partnership over these last few months. Our panelists today, in alphabetical order, are Christobal
0:55.9	Alex, a senior advisor for the Biden presidential campaign, the founding president of the Latino
1:01.6	Voter Project, and in 2016, the National Deputy Director of Voter Outreach and Mobilization for
1:08.6	Hillary Clinton. The legendary James Carbell, whom I have known since
1:13.1	1984, and whom most of you know because you see him on television. He was the architect of Bill
1:20.2	Clinton's 1992 victory. He's authored over 11 books about his career in politics, campaigning,
1:26.7	and elections.
1:29.8	And he and I work together in a bunch of them.
1:36.1	Stephanie Cutter was another old friend and colleague who was deputy campaign manager for the Obama 2012 re-election, founder and partner in precision strategies, a strategic
1:42.1	consulting group.
1:43.4	And this year, she served as the program executive
1:46.4	at the extraordinary 2020 Democratic National Convention. Adam McGurney has been the Los Angeles
1:53.7	Bureau Chief of the New York Times since 2010. He was the chief political correspondent for
1:58.8	the Times from 2002 on, covering the presidential elections of 2004 and 2008.
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