A Guide to Election Night 2024
The Daily
11/05/24
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After two years of campaigning, more than a billion of dollars of advertising and a last-minute change to one of the nominees, the 2024 race for president is now in the hands of the American voters.
Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The Times, gives a guide to understanding tonight’s election results.
Guest: Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times.
Background reading:
- What you need to know about election night results and The New York Times Needle.
- Despite some late shifts, polls remain closest they’ve ever been.
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The Ad Campaign
November 4, 2024
•29m
By the time it’s over, this year’s race for president will have cost at least $3.5 billion. The single biggest expense will be campaign ads.
Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The Times, discusses the story that each campaign has been using those ads to tell, 30 seconds at a time.
Guest: Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
- Donald J. Trump and the Republicans have bet big on anti-trans ads across the country.
- The Harris campaign’s recent Spanish-language advertising has highlighted an insult toward Puerto Rico at Mr. Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden.
- Both parties are running ads that tell voters it’s OK to switch sides. “You can vote any way you want. And no one will ever know,” one says.
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Trump, Again
November 6, 2024
•32m
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Donald J. Trump was elected president for a second time.
Shortly before that call was made, the Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Nate Cohn, Lisa Lerer and Astead W. Herndon sat down to discuss the state of the election.
Guest:
- Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times.
- Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.
- Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up.”
Background reading:
- Follow live election updates.
- The Republican Party clinched control of the Senate.
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