Election Ride Home
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The 2020 election news podcast, every day at 5pm ET. Who's up? Who's down? What issues are getting traction? 15 minutes and you're up to date.
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Thu. 02/13 - South Carolina Looms Large Even with Nevada Next
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02/13/20 • 17 min
Looking ahead to South Carolina, understanding the impact of Black voters, Klobuchar’s sudden rise to third, millions becomes billions in Sanders’ lexicon, a peek at Nevada caucuses, researchers claim a voting app has deep flaws, Gallup finds American’s distrust the honesty of our elections, and...Iowa.
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- Washington Post-Ipsos poll of black Americans, Jan. 2-8, 2020 (Washington Post)
- Sanders Takes Top Spot In Dem Primary As Biden Falls (Quinnipiac)
- Biden Needs Black Voters to Lift His Campaign. But He Has Competition (New York Times)
- Biden faces competition for black vote in his SC ‘firewall’ (AP)
- Will black voters save Joe Biden? (LA Times)
- Inside Mike Bloomberg’s big play for black voters (PBS News Hour)
- How Amy Klobuchar Pulled Off the Big Surprise of the New Hampshire Primary (New York Times)
- Klobuchar raises $2.5M after 3rd-place finish (AP)
- Bernie Sanders is saying ‘millionaires’ less often, one way his 2020 message has changed (CNBC)
- Andrew Kaczynski’s recording of Sanders (Twitter)
- The Nevada Caucuses Are Up Next. Will They Unfold Smoothly? (New York Times)
- Voting on Your Phone: New Elections App Ignites Security Debate (New York Times)
- The Ballot is Busted Before the Blockchain (MIT)
- Voatz Response to Researchers’ Flawed Report (Voatz)
- Faith in Elections in Relatively Short Supply in U.S. (Gallup)
- Troy Price, Iowa Democratic Party Leader, Resigns Over Caucus Debacle (New York Times)
- Glenn Fleishman on Twitter
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Thu. 06/06 – The Climate Change Debate
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06/06/19 • 16 min
The DNC refuses a climate-change debate, O’Rourke calls for term limits in Congress and the Supreme Court, a look at Booker’s plan for affordable housing, and Gillibrand wants to legalize marijuana nationwide.
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- DNC opts against climate change debate, Inslee says (Politico)
- Inslee Twitter thread on DNC decision (Twitter/Jay Inslee)
- Warren agrees on Twitter (Twitter/Elizabeth Warren)
- Tom Perez thread explaining why no climate debate on Twitter (Twitter/Tom Perez)
- Al Gore tweet re climate debate (Twitter/Al Gore)
- Women’s March tweet re climate debate (Twitter/Women’s March)
- US Youth Climate Strike tweet (Twitter/US Youth Climate Strike)
- Inslee on CNN w/Erin Burnett (Twitter/Jay Inslee)
- 2015 DNC Debate Schedule and Topics (Wikipedia)
- The 2016 presidential debates all but ignored climate change (Grist)
- Voting Rights (Beto for America)
- Beto O’Rourke Wants Term Limits For Congress And The Supreme Court (BuzzFeed News)
- Cory’s Plan To Provide Safe, Affordable Housing For All Americans (Medium/Cory Booker)
- Cory Booker’s Housing Plan Offers Tax Credit to Millions of Renters (NYT)
- How Cory Booker plans to tackle housing affordability (Politico)
- It’s time to legalize marijuana nationwide. Here’s my plan to do it. (Medium/Kirsten Gillibrand)
- Find Gumbo! (Twitter/Cory Booker)
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Tue. 11/26 – Warren Leads in LGBTQ+ Poll
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11/26/19 • 16 min
A new article discusses Joe Biden’s stutter, Elizabeth Warren leads in a new LGBTQ+ poll, Google will limit how political ads can be targeted, the impeachment update, New Hampshire sets its first-in-the-nation voting date, Politico has an interactive endorsement tracker, Bloomberg has an interesting donor loophole, and Joe Sestak publishes an op-ed about our government’s duty to Native Americans.
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- What Joe Biden Can’t Bring Himself to Say (The Atlantic)
- Stuttering (NIDCD/NIH)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Monday (The Guardian)
- Former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with House subpoena, judge rules (WaPo)
- Exclusive: Warren Leads Among LGBTQ+ Voters in First-of-Its-Kind Poll (Out)
- Out/YouGov toplines (YouGov Blue)
- An update on our political ads policy (Google/Scott Spencer)
- Google Policy Change Upends Online Plans for 2020 Campaigns (NYT)
- Jester tweet re: NH primary date (Twitter/Julia Jester)
- Endorsement Tracker (Politico)
- Montellaro tweet re Bloomberg merchandise loophole (Twitter/Zach Montellaro)
- Bloomberg Store (Bloomberg 2020)
- We need to do for more for Native Americans—especially Native American women (Indian Country Today)
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Thu. 01/02 – Castro Drops Out
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01/02/20 • 17 min
Julián Castro drops out, the state of the race right now, new fundraising numbers are here, how a lack of polling data has collided with January’s DNC debate, the impeachment update, and Pete Buttigieg is no longer Mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
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- Julián Castro Ends Presidential Campaign (NYT)
- Castro Policy Proposals (Julián 2020)
- Election Ride Home, June 27, 2019: The Math, After (ERH)
- Castro video announcing his campaign suspension (Dropbox)
- FiveThirtyEight Latest Polls (FiveThirtyEight)
- Sanders Campaign Raises $34.5 Million in Fundraising Surge (WSJ)
- Sanders on 5 million donations (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
- Sanders on overall Q4 fundraising (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
- Sanders donors are not capped out (Twitter/Sean Sullivan)
- Buttigieg Campaign Says It Raised $24.7 Million in the Fourth Quarter of 2019 (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
- Andrew Yang Raised $16.5 Million in the Last 3 Months, His Campaign Says (NYT)
- Gabbard raises $3.4 million but lags behind 2020 frontrunners (Politico)
- Trump campaign credits impeachment for massive $46 million fundraising haul (Politico)
- Which 2020 Democrats Raised the Most Money This Summer? [historical comparison] (NYT)
- In Leaked Memo, Andrew Yang Asks DNC for More Debate Polls (The Daily Beast)
- Steyer agrees with Yang (Twitter/Tom Steyer)
- DNC responds to Yang (Twitter/Julia Jester)
- Why we don't really know who is ahead in Iowa right now (CNN)
- Comparison of polling in Nov/Dec 2015 vs 2019 (Twitter/Patrick Murray)
- Behind the Ukraine Aid Freeze: 84 Days of Conflict and Confusion (NYT)
- He’s Not ‘Mayor Pete’ Anymore: Buttigieg’s Successor Is Sworn In (NYT)
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Tues. 02/04 – Caucuses Will Continue Until Morale Improves
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02/04/20 • 18 min
The meltdown in reporting results of the Iowa caucuses, no need for conspiracy theories in what went wrong, how the app was largely responsible, what the candidates are saying about the lack of results, and a very brief impeachment update.
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- ‘A Systemwide Disaster’: How the Iowa Caucuses Melted Down (New York Times)
- The 1,600 Volunteers Who Were Supposed to Make the Iowa Caucuses Run Smoothly (New York Times)
- App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequately Tested (New York Times)
- Nevada Democrats won’t use app at center of Iowa delays (The Hill)
- Iowa Caucuses 2020: Updates And Analysis (FiveThirtyEight)
- Joe Biden campaigns in New Hampshire as rivals hint he fared poorly in Iowa (Boston Globe)
- Sanders is ‘extremely disappointed’ Iowa Democratic Party hasn’t released caucus results (Des Moines Register)
- Bloomberg Plans to Double Ad Spending After Iowa Caucus Problem (New York Times)
- Parker Molloy on Santorum 2012 win (Twitter)
- Glenn Fleishman on Twitter
- The Tiny Type Museum and Time Capsule
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Thu. 12/05 – Biden’s New Tax Plan
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12/05/19 • 17 min
A new California poll is good news for Bernie Sanders, the impeachment update, a House Democrat announces his retirement, Tulsi Gabbard moves to New Hampshire, Mike Bloomberg keeps spending on TV ads, and Joe Biden releases his tax plan.
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- Words Matter podcast (Words Matter Media)
- Warren and Biden lose ground, Sanders moves ahead in California’s shifting 2020 Democratic race (LA Times)
- Law expert Jonathan Turley: We’re all mad — but that’s not a good enough reason for impeachment (NY Post)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Thursday (The Guardian)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Wednesday (The Guardian)
- It has been an honor to serve you (Medium/Denny Heck)
- Collins tweet re Heck retirement (Twitter/Joshua 4 Congress)
- Tracking House retirements from the 116th Congress (WaPo)
- Rep. Denny Heck, 'weary' after impeachment hearings, won't seek reelection (Politico)
- Gabbard rents home in NH in last months before primary (WMUR)
- Bloomberg spending tens of millions more on new ad campaign (AP)
- Yglesias tweet re Biden tax plan (Twitter/Matthew Yglesias)
- Joe Biden’s plan to raise taxes on corporations and the rich, explained (Vox)
- Biden proposes $3.2T in tax increases, less than Democratic rivals (Politico)
- Biden releases $3.2 trillion tax plan, highlighting divisions with Sanders and Warren (WaPo)
- Biden Proposes Smaller Tax Increases Than Rivals Do (NYT)
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Mon. 07/08 – We Can All Agree on Soccer
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07/08/19 • 18 min
Harris releases her Q2 numbers, Bullock releases his Q2 numbers, Williamson encourages her donors to help out Gravel, CNN will televise the lineup draw for the July debates, Biden apologizes for his remarks about segregationists, the candidates shout out the big USWNT win—and call for equal pay, Eric Swalwell makes a big announcement, Julián Castro makes a big announcement, and we have rumors of yet another Democratic primary candidate.
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- Kamala Harris Raised Close to $12 Million in 3 Months, Lagging Top Rivals (NYT)
- Steve Bullock raises over $2 million for White House campaign despite late entry (CBS News)
- Marianne Williamson campaign uses fundraising email to help rival 2020 Democratic candidate (The Hill)
- CNN will hold live draw for 2020 Democratic debate lineup (CNN)
- Joe Biden to defend record on race [video] (YouTube/Washington Post)
- Biden Apologizes for the ‘Pain’ and ‘Misconception’ of Segregationist Comments (NY Mag)
- Biden says he regrets remarks about working with segregationists, but stands by his record on issues of race (WaPo)
- Biden's post-debate South Carolina support: Strong — but not certain (NBC News)
- US World Cup win proves female players deserve equal pay, team says (CNN)
- U.S. wins World Cup with a final four-star performance (WaPo)
- USWNT tweets...
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- Gravel (Gravel)
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Fri. 11/08 – Is Bloomberg Running?
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11/08/19 • 19 min
Michael Bloomberg files paperwork to maybe-probably-maybe-probably enter the race, a Tom Steyer aide allegedly offered to pay for endorsements in Iowa, the Trump impeachment stuff in three minutes or less, Jeff Sessions is running for his old Senate seat, and highlights from The Weather Channel’s climate forum.
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- Michael Bloomberg Actively Prepares to Enter 2020 Presidential Race (NYT)
- Fox News Poll: Biden leads nomination race, tops Trump by 12 points in matchup [includes Bloomberg] (Fox News)
- AP Exclusive: Steyer aide offered money for endorsements (AP)
- Steyer aide apologizes after report he offered money for endorsements in Iowa (CNN)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Friday (The Guardian)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Thursday (The Guardian)
- Referee says he told Rep. Jim Jordan that Ohio State doctor performed sex act in shower (NBC News)
- House Dems Want to Give America Impeachment for Christmas (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
- Jeff Sessions Wants His Seat Back (Cook Political Report)
- 5 Things I’ll be Watching for During the Weather Channel’s 2020: The Race to Save the Planet (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- 2020: Race to Save the Planet | Candidates on Infrastructure (YouTube/The Weather Channel)
- King Canute and the tide (Wikipedia)
- 2020: Race to Save the Planet | Candidates on Environmental Injustice (YouTube/The Weather Channel)
- 2020: Race to Save the Planet | Candidates on Climate Solutions (YouTube/The Weather Channel)
- 2020: Race to Save the Planet | What Keeps These Candidates up at Night (YouTube/The Weather Channel)
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Thu. 11/07 – Kentucky Will Recanvass the Vote
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11/07/19 • 18 min
Kentucky’s governor requests a recanvass, the Trump impeachment stuff in three minutes or less, the DNC pulls out of UCLA for the December debate, a new poll gives two candidates spots in upcoming DNC debates, Bernie Sanders is about to begin massive TV advertising, Andrew Yang has begun TV advertising focused on Iowa, Elizabeth Warren gets a key endorsement, Donald Trump begins selling Christmas merchandise, and Julián Castro goes on The Daily Show.
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- Bevin campaign formally asks for a recanvass in Kentucky (CNN)
- Here's how the recanvass in the Kentucky governor election will work (CNN)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Thursday (The Guardian)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Wednesday (The Guardian)
- Trump wanted Barr to hold news conference saying the president broke no laws in call with Ukrainian leader (WaPo)
- Democrats will no longer host their 6th presidential debate at UCLA (The Guardian)
- Gabbard and Klobuchar hit debate polling thresholds (Politico)
- 2020 Democratic polls (Google Sheets/Politico)
- Sanders to Spend More Than $30 Million on Advertising in Early States (NYT)
- Montellaro tweet re Yang ads (Twitter/Zach Montellaro)
- Yang’s first TV ad (YouTube/Andrew Yang for President 2020)
- Castro’s first TV ad (Twitter/Julián Castro)
- Ayanna Pressley Endorses Elizabeth Warren for President (NYT)
- Pressley endorsement video on Twitter (Twitter/Ayanna Pressley)
- Trump Campaign Unveils Christmas Merchandise (The Guardian)
- Trump campaign shop (Trump Make American Great Again Committ...
Tue. 02/18 - Caucus Calculators
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02/18/20 • 16 min
Bloomberg has qualified for the Las Vegas debate tomorrow night, Sanders continues his strong lead, an update on Nevada’s early caucusing, challenges for the candidates as the contest turns to African American and Latino voters, and is the media trying to erase Elizabeth Warren?
Links:
- Bloomberg qualifies for next Democratic debate (NBC News)
- NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll Results: Election 2020 (Marist Poll)
- What Fourth Quarter Fundraising Can Tell Us About 2020 (Public Integrity)
- New DNC debate rules open door for Mike Bloomberg to make stage (NBC News)
- Here’s How 2020 Dems Spent Their Sunday Piling On Bloomberg (Talking Points Memo)
- Bloomberg fails to file for Nevada Democratic caucuses (Politico)
- Polls Show Bernie Sanders Way Ahead in Nevada (Intelligencer)
- South Carolina Democratic Presidential Primary (Real Clear Politics)
- Does Sanders Have A Ceiling? Maybe. Can He Win Anyway? Yes. (FiveThirtyEight)
- Nevada Holds Early Democratic Caucuses Ahead Of Saturday's Voting (NPR)
- Nevada Voters Begin Early Caucusing On Saturday. Here's What You Need To Know (NPR)
- ‘A complete disaster’: Fears grow over potential Nevada caucus malfunction (Politico)
- The Latest: Warren calls for party unity in taking on Trump (AP)
- Here is how early voting works in the Nevada caucuses (CNN)
- The presidential contest turns to African American and Latino voters. For some candidates, that’s a problem. (Washington Post)
- Major Latino group backs Sanders on eve of Nevada caucus (Politico)
- Pete Buttigieg’s next test: Winning over minority voters (AP)
- How Elizabeth Warren’s Camp Is Seeking to Regain the Spotlight (NYTimes)
- The media, ‘Klomentum,’ and the ‘erasure’ of Elizabeth Warren (Columbia Journalism Review)
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How many episodes does Election Ride Home have?
Election Ride Home currently has 231 episodes available.
What topics does Election Ride Home cover?
The podcast is about News, 2020, Elections, Daily News, Podcasts, 2020 Election and Politics.
What is the most popular episode on Election Ride Home?
The episode title 'Thu. 02/13 - South Carolina Looms Large Even with Nevada Next' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Election Ride Home?
The average episode length on Election Ride Home is 19 minutes.
How often are episodes of Election Ride Home released?
Episodes of Election Ride Home are typically released every day.
When was the first episode of Election Ride Home?
The first episode of Election Ride Home was released on Apr 8, 2019.
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