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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What do recent polls from swing states say about the November election?

    Early voting began today in Virginia, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Minnesota.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 18, 2020 • 8m Listen

    Early voting began today in Virginia, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Minnesota. Both President Trump and Joe Biden are campaigning in Minnesota today, even though an ABC News-Washington Post poll out this week shows Biden with a 16-point lead over Trump in Minnesota. It’s a much tighter race in Wisconsin. Both states have been rocked by protests after the deaths of George Floyd and Jacob Blake.

    Also, polling from the New York Times and Siena College this morning show that Trump is down by nine points in Arizona, 17 points in Maine, but just one point in North Carolina. Those are all states with three key Senate races this fall as well. Democrats are trying to take back the chamber.

    KCRW looks at this polling data and the state of the presidential race, which is one and a half months away.

    The full episode

    1 of 5
    The presidential election is more than 6 weeks away. What do the polls say?
    1. 0:00What do recent polls from swing states say about the November election?You’re reading this
    2. 9:46Whether key Democratic voting blocks will show up in November — even during a pandemic
    3. 17:50An inside peek at LACMA’s new galleries, designed by Peter Zumthor
    4. 26:47Late summer is the season for tomato sauce. Evan Kleiman shows you how to make it
    5. 36:11‘The Way I See It’: Similarities and differences in how Pete Souza photographed Reagan and Obama
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    The presidential election is more than 6 weeks away. What do the polls say?
    1. 0:00What do recent polls from swing states say about the November election?You’re reading this
    2. 9:46Whether key Democratic voting blocks will show up in November — even during a pandemic
    3. 17:50An inside peek at LACMA’s new galleries, designed by Peter Zumthor
    4. 26:47Late summer is the season for tomato sauce. Evan Kleiman shows you how to make it
    5. 36:11‘The Way I See It’: Similarities and differences in how Pete Souza photographed Reagan and Obama
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand