Midterm campaigning enters home stretch
The NPR Politics Podcast

Midterm campaigning enters home stretch

B1IntermediateOctober 23, 202618 min
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President Trump continued to campaign for Republican congressional candidates, visiting traditionally red states as he tries to increase turnout among the GOP base. We discuss whether the strategy can pay off. Then, we talk about a recent campaign ad in the Ohio gubernatorial race attracting widespread controversy in some quarters. And, as usual on Fridays: Can't Let It Go. This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, senior political editor & correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson. This podcast was produced and edited by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs. ...

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This week on Here and Now Anytime, a Nobel Peace Prize winner says the U.S. is enabling Russia's war in Ukraine. President Trump promised to end this war in 24 hours. Now he is financing this war. A view from Kiev as the war heads into its seventh winter.

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On Here and Now Anytime, listen on the NPR app or anywhere you listen to podcasts. The midterm elections are well underway. According to the University of Florida's election lab, 22 million people have already cast ballots. Shout out to any listener who has that level of punctuality. I aspire to it.

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Today in our weekly roundup, we're unpacking election stories from Ohio, Michigan, and more. Let's get into it. It's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Miles Parks. I cover voting. I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

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