Hi, this is Ann calling from the inside of my car in Brooklyn, New York, where I am waiting for the street sweeper to go by

and I am looking forward to a vaccine so that I can return to being one of those New Yorkers who relies solely on public transportation.

This podcast was recorded at 205 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16th.

Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but hopefully I will have found a parking spot by then.

That is a whole aspect of New York life that sounds exhausting.

How people have to constantly move their cars to deal with street cleaning vans?

I do not miss New York parking.

Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. Susan Davis, I cover Congress.

I'm Wanna Summers, I cover demographics and culture.

I'm Dominica Montenoro, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.

So Congress is finalizing what looks like to be a $900 billion relief deal.

It's not supposed to include some money to help state and local governments or liability protections,

but it does appear that it will have some sort of direct payments.

The number two Republican in the Senate, John Thune said they expected it could be around $600 a person,

and it would extend extra unemployment benefits through March.

We'll of course have more to talk about on the podcast when the deal is finalized.

But today on the Politics Podcast, we're going to talk about the people who pay no attention to politics.

We're going to talk about the people who chose not to vote in 2020.

Dominica, before we get into the people who didn't vote, remind us who did.

Well, a lot of people voted.

This year was the highest rate of voting that we've seen in 120 years.

So 67% of eligible voters cast ballots.

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