2024 Election Special

In honor of the upcoming election on Tuesday, November 5th, we’ve decided to record an election special, breaking down the historical importance of this election, what’s at stake, and how the candidates are approaching the battle for votes. We end with a discussion of the left’s concern about Kamala Harris on the issue of Gaza. Note: Unfortunately, my (Conor’s) microphone got disconnected about two-thirds of the way into the ep, so there’s a weird shift in the sound at that point. Doesn’t make it difficult to listen but the quality of the sound is a bit worse. Show Notes From the New York Times: Nate Silver: Here’s What My Gut Says About the Election, but Don’t Trust Anyone’s Gut, Even Mine 538 Election Forecast Polymarket Presidential Election Forecast Bloomberg with some notes of caution regarding the Polymarket forecast From Gallup: Economy Most Important Issue to 2024 Presidential Vote From the Financial Times: The data says the US economy is strong. Swing-state voters disagree From FT: Donald Trump takes lead over Kamala Harris on US economy in final FT poll Jamelle Bouie on Trump’s deportation proposal: Trump’s Taste for Tyranny Finds a Target Information on what could happen to reproductive rights if Trump wins: How the Country’s Understanding of Abortion Could Change if Trump Wins From the Peterson Institute for International Economics: How much would Trump's plans for deportations, tariffs, and the Fed damage the US economy? From the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: A Distributional Analysis of Donald Trump’s Tax Plan Paul Krugman on Trump’s tariff proposals: How Trump’s Radical Tariff Plan Could Wreck Our Economy From the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: The Fiscal Impact of the Harris and Trump Campaign Plans Paul Krugman on Trump creating economic shocks and more inflation: Why Trumponomics Could Lead to Trumpflation The Financial Times on Harris’s shift right on economics: Who Would Run Kamala Harris’s Economy? CNBC on Tim Walz’s success as governor of Minnesota: How Tim Walz made Minnesota a 'roadmap' for progressive economic policy Ryan Cooper on Tim Walz’s success as governor: The New Minnesota Vikings Tim Walz on Twitter: “Right now, Minnesota is showing the country you don't win elections to bank political capital – you win elections to burn political capital and improve lives.” From Axios: The Harris-Walz media strategy: Hide from the press From the Guardian: To win, Harris should talk more about working-class needs and less about Trump From Twitter: Problem with how the Democrats view public opinion From Haaretz: Harris Says Gaza Death Toll 'Unconscionable' as Trump Vows to 'Do a Lot for Israel' Credits The podcast’s theme music was made by our youngest brother Tate. Cover art by Arthur Santoro. Get full access to The History Onion at historyonion.substack.com/subscribe