“The Run-Up” is your guide to understanding the 2024 election. Host Astead W. Herndon talks to the people whose decisions will make the difference. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.
Latest episodes
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49 min
What Democrats Think Went Wrong
A year ago, Astead took “The Run-Up” listeners home for Thanksgiving.Specifically, he convened a focus group of family and friends to talk about the election and the question of Bl…
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32 min
The Man in Charge of Trump’s Border Policy
President-elect Trump’s cabinet nominees and major appointments — which have arrived quickly in the days since he won the election — are more than just a list of allies. The roster…
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20 min
One Voter to Understand Trump’s Win
For more than two years, we’ve been asking pretty much everyone we meet a version of the same question:Who are you going to vote for and why?And on Wednesday morning, we had the an…
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49 min
A Final Dispatch From America’s Bellwether
For months now, “The Run-Up” has been traveling around the country talking with people, trying to ensure that when today came, whatever happened wouldn’t feel like a surprise.So as…
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39 min
Tailgating in Wisconsin With the Bros Trump Needs
One phenomenon that’s been getting a lot of attention during this election is the growing gender gap among young people.Young men are leaning right, and young women are moving left…
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29 min
In Other News, Who Will Control Congress?
For most of this year, we’ve been focused on the race for president, the messages coming from both parties’ nominees and their reception among voters.But that’s not all that’s on t…
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50 min
All Eyes on Pennsylvania
There’s no state more likely to tip the election than Pennsylvania.It has the most electoral votes of any swing state, with 19, and its flip from red to blue in 2020 helped secure…
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53 min
It Really Does Feel Close in North Carolina
Here’s what makes North Carolina, with its 16 Electoral College votes, unique among the electoral battlegrounds this year.Come election night, it will be one of the first of the cl…
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1 h 31
The Trump Plan to Flip Georgia Back
On Tuesday night, with three weeks to go until Election Day, Donald Trump was in Georgia.In 2020, he lost the state by around 12,000 votes, and Georgia became central to his claims…
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43 min
A Pollster’s Guide to the Homestretch
We are less than a month from Election Day.That means our polling colleagues are busy. And that they are well positioned to help answer some of the biggest questions we have at thi…
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51 min
The Fight for Rural America
Tim Walz, a former high school football coach from a tiny town, has folksy sayings and a camo cap. JD Vance shot to fame with “Hillbilly Elegy,” aiming to speak for parts of rural…
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38 min
Mark Cuban on Why He's All In for Kamala Harris
At one point, he supported the presidential aspirations of Donald Trump, a fellow reality TV star and businessman.But now Mark Cuban — perhaps best known for his longtime ownership…
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41 min
The Border Is a Top Campaign Issue. It’s Also Their Home.
This year, Democrats and Republicans are both fighting to convince voters that their party alone can fix what both parties say is a big problem: the Southern border.And public sent…
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40 min
The Democrats’ Plan to Get Skeptics on Their Side
There’s a message that Kamala Harris and the Democrats are trying to send in these final weeks: The Democrats are patriots too.It was all over the place at the Democratic National…
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42 min
What Undecided Voters Are Thinking
For the people still on the fence about 2024, Tuesday night’s debate was an important data point.How would Vice President Kamala Harris differentiate herself from President Biden?…
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19 min
The Stakes of a Harris vs. Trump Debate
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will face off in Philadelphia on Tuesday night for the second presidential debate of 2024. It will be the first time…
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32 min
What Evangelicals Think of Trump's Abortion Flip-Flop
Former president Trump frequently takes credit for helping to overturn Roe v. Wade.But in recent weeks, he has posted on Truth Social, his social media site, that his administratio…
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34 min
The Grocery Bills That Could Decide the Election
This election, like a lot of elections before it, may come down to which candidate voters think might help them with their grocery bills and housing costs — the essential stuff of…
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26 min
The Defining Moments of the D.N.C. Finale
On the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage and formally accepted her party’s nomination.After the balloons fell, Astead H…
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35 min
It’s Kamala Harris’s Party Now. What’s Different?
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Democratic National Convention tonight, formalizing her rapid ascent to the top of the Democratic ticket and capping a very unusual path…