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The Conversation with Dasha Burns

Why Democrats see 'warning signs' in Pennsylvania

The Conversation with Dasha Burns

POLITICO

Government, Politics, News

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Trump, Harris, and the vast network of campaigns, Super PACs, and down ballot candidates operating alongside them are now on pace to spend $1 billion before election day in Pennsylvania. For the time being, it is the center of the political universe. On this episode of Deep Dive, Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels is joined by two local experts on the race: Philadelphia City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas, who is the Chair of Black Men for Harris Pennsylvania; and Charlie Gerow, a Trump surrogate, Republican consultant in Harrisburg, and former candidate for governor. Eugene Daniels is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO. Isaiah Thomas is a Philadelphia City Councilmember At-Large and Majority Whip. Charlie Gerow is the CEO of Quantum Communications and Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.  Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Take a walk around Pennsylvania these days and you're likely to run into Donald Trump,

0:36.1

Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, or even Ela Musk.

0:39.8

The Keystone State is, at least for now, the center of the political universe.

0:45.0

Trump, Harris, and the vast network of campaigns,

0:48.0

super PACs, and down ballot candidates operating alongside them

0:51.0

are now in pace to spend $1 billion before Election Day.

0:57.0

Let me repeat that, $1 billion in one little state.

1:00.8

Money talks people and what it's saying is that pretty much everyone thinks that

1:04.6

Pennsylvania may determine the election but what exactly is going on there?

1:09.4

What are Harrison Trump's plans to win a state where about 1% of the vote determined the winner in the last two cycles?

1:16.6

How are their campaigns approaching a place that is notorious for its diverse constituencies?

1:21.3

And where a few thousand votes either way might be decisive.

1:25.0

Straight up, who's going to win and how?

1:28.0

To get the answer to these questions I called up two local experts.

1:32.0

On the Democratic side, Philadelphia City... these questions, I called up to local experts.

1:33.0

On the Democratic side, Philadelphia City Councilman Isaiah Thomas.

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