Spectrum
A Race Like No Other: Turbulent 2016 Presidential Campaign
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:41:22
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Synopsis
As the presidential polls tighten and September nears an end, SPECTRUM gets a political update from a non-partisan expert on American politics and elections. Kyle Kondik, author of a new book – The Bellwether: Why Ohio Picks the President (published by the Ohio University Press) -- speaks about what each candidate needs to do to win in the last month of the campaign. Kondik noted the unique nature of this race. Donald Trump needs to win traditionally Republican states but also needs to win some states that were previously won by President Barrack Obama. He needs to not only win regular Republican votes but also must grab Democrats or Independents who feel disenfranchised, according to Kondik. He is spending a great deal of time in traditionally Democratic areas. Hillary Clinton needs to hold the states won by President Obama but also draw to her campaign educated Republicans and especially college educated Republican women, Kondik adds. Kondik places states into four groups to watch as predictors of the out