Air Date: 9-10-2024

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It's said that we live in a melting pot here in the United States. Perhaps it's more of a salad bar, who knows? In any case, there are a lot of people coming from a lot of different backgrounds, cultures, histories, and geographies all about to vote in a few weeks. Today, we try to understand, at least roughly, how people's backgrounds influence their vote. 

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: A conversation about how demographic changes could impact the 2024 election - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 9-3-24

KP 2: The Gender Gap Is Widening In The 2024 Election - What A Day - Air Date 9-4-24

KP 3: Why So Many Young Men Are Leaving Democrats for Republicans in 2024 - WSJ State of the Stat - Air Date 8-19-24

KP 4: What Will Black Male Voters Do In 2024? - AJ+ - Air Date 7-7-24

KP 5: Ian Haney López, "Dog Whistle Politics: Coded Racism and Inequality for All" - Brown University - Air Date 8-23-17

KP 6: How Michigan explains American politics - Vox - Air Date 1-11-24

(50:47) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the nature of demographic cohorts and the movement of the Democratic Party

DEEPER DIVES

(57:01) SECTION A: THE MIXED BAG

A1: 'Impossible to be biracial in America'- Harris nomination shines light on mixed-race Americans - Morning Joe - Air Date 8-30-24

A2: Plugged In: How LGBTQ voters could shape the upcoming presidential election - WABE - Air Date 6-21-24

A3: How could Arab and Muslim voters' disaffection with Democrats impact the US election? - DW News - Air Date 7-23-24

A4: Trump Trashes Jewish Voters During Unhinged Speech - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 8-4-24

A5: What Matters to AAPI Voters? - Woke AF Daily - Air Date 5-21-24

(1:28:15) SECTION B: LATINO AND BLACK VOTERS

B1: Why Are More Latino Voters Supporting Trump? - The New Yorker Radio Hour - Air Date 8-16-24

B2: What the Harris campaign is doing to earn the support of Latino voters - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 8-20-24

B3: ‘¡Sí, se puede!’- Latino voter enthusiasm for Harris skyrockets over issues like housing - The ReidOut - Air Date 8-30-24

B4: I spent a week with Black Republicans - Mother Jones - Air Date 8-13-24

(2:03:35) SECTION C: WHITE AND RURAL VOTERS

C1: Keith Boykin on Why White Voters Stick with Trump - Miss Jones Inc - Air Date 8-30-24

C2: Zooming In On Rural Voters - The Takeaway - Air Date 11-8-22

C3: How can Democrats win back rural voters? - The 21st Show - Air Date 8-22-24

C4: Crossing the Rural-Urban Divide (with Governor Tim Walz) - In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - Air Date 1-11-23

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