Election 2020: Updates from The Washington Post
151 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★ - 50 ratingsFollow The Washington Post’s coverage of the 2020 election with this collection of episodes from across our audio programming, including "Post Reports," "Can He Do That?" and "The Daily 202's Big Idea."
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Biden and Trump prepare very differently for final debate
October 21, 2020 12:03On "The Daily 202" podcast, ahead of the last debate, President Trump lashed out at ‘60 Minutes’ host Lesley Stahl and threatened to release their interview because he didn’t like the aggressive tone of her questions.
Can Senate Republicans survive Trump?
October 20, 2020 20:44 - 25.5 MBFrom "Post Reports" — The Senate seats in danger of flipping parties this election. Facebook and Twitter struggle to tackle disinformation ahead of the election. And a Black man speaks out after his image was used for fake pro-Trump Twitter accounts.
Our newest poll shows North Carolina is a dead heat
October 20, 2020 11:43On "The Daily 202" podcast: Trump and Biden are running in a dead heat in North Carolina, with the economy buoying the president’s candidacy and the pandemic boosting his challenger in one of the key electoral targets in November.
Lawyers vs. more lawyers
October 19, 2020 20:51From "Post Reports": there are just over two weeks until Nov. 3. Election-related lawsuits are flooding the courts, but the army of lawyers filing cases shows little sign of stopping. And a conversation with a pro-Trump Muslim voter.
Joe Biden leads Trump in the polls. So did Hillary Clinton. Democrats fear deja vu.
October 19, 2020 11:32On "The Daily 202" podcast: Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon has been telling donors, activists and voters to assume that the current polling leads will not last. She has said Biden does not have a double-digit lead.
Trump defends retweeting conspiracy theories in abrasive town hall
October 16, 2020 11:45From "The Daily 202" podcast: separated by five states, two television news outlets and a deep trough of mutual animosity, Trump and Democrat Joe Biden held dueling town halls on Thursday night.
The 2020 election is facing big challenges. Which ones matter most?
October 15, 2020 22:57On the "Can He Do That?" podcast, which election-related legal battles are likely to have the biggest impacts? Reporter Amy Gardner on her coverage of our electoral system and the tests it faces in 2020.
What happens when campaigns challenge votes?
October 15, 2020 20:06From the "Post Reports" podcast: Your voting questions answered.
Videos show conservative activists coordinating with White House aides behind closed doors
October 15, 2020 11:54From "The Daily 202" podcast: Videos provided to The Post — covering dozens of hours of CNP meetings — offer an inside view of participants’ obsessions and fears at a pivotal moment in the conservative movement. Read the full article: Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative activists: ‘Be not afraid of the accusations that you’re a voter suppressor’
Trump tries to outrun coronavirus with Florida rally and ambitious schedule
October 13, 2020 11:57From "The Daily 202" podcast: President Trump's campaign schedule so far reflects the frenetic energy of a man trying to outrun both a deadly illness and electoral defeat.
New coronavirus cases spike as Trump returns to the campaign trail
October 12, 2020 11:41From "The Daily 202" podcast: President Trump's claim that he's not contagious came a little more than a week after he announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Trump’s loyal base
October 09, 2020 17:00From "Post Reports," polls show Biden in the lead, but Jenna Johnson says there is still one demographic group that can’t be swayed: White men without college degrees. Plus, Jose Del Real on how evangelical Latinos could swing Florida for Trump.
Trump says he wants to hold a rally on Saturday night
October 09, 2020 11:57From "The Daily 202" podcast: calling into Sean Hannity's Fox News show on Thursday night, and coughing frequently, Trump said he is going to try doing a rally on Saturday night in Florida if his staff can pull off the logistics.
Covid-19 survivors see callousness, not compassion, in Trump’s bout with the virus
October 08, 2020 12:22From "The Daily 202" podcast: Trump returns to the Oval Office , even as coronavirus continues to spread at the top of government.
With Trump sick, Biden puts the virus front and center
October 08, 2020 01:03On "Post Reports," national political reporter Annie Linskey joins the show to talk about how Joe Biden’s campaign for president this year is evolving.
Mike Pence reluctantly agrees to plexiglass barriers in tonight’s V.P. debate.
October 07, 2020 12:36From "The Daily 202" podcast: the Commission on Presidential Debates said the vice president dropped his objections to a plexiglass barricade on his side of the stage for today’s debate after viewing the setup during a walk-through of the debate hall.
The Supreme Court sides with Republicans in a potentially significant dispute over mail-in ballots
October 06, 2020 11:37From "The Daily 202" podcast: While conservatives on the court said mail-in ballots must contain a witness’s signature, the high court made one concession, saying ballots already sent in without a witness should be counted.
Trump testing positive for coronavirus is an 'October surprise'
October 02, 2020 11:37On "The Daily 202" podcast: President Trump announced that he and his wife, Melania, have contracted the coronavirus, after months in which he has often played down a pandemic that has killed more than 205,000 Americans and sickened millions more.
What happens if Trump refuses to accept a loss?
October 02, 2020 00:15On the "Can He Do That?" podcast, what potential constitutional chaos may we face as a nation after Election Day? What legal and institutional mechanisms can stop American presidents from wrongfully holding onto power?
Trump tries to clean up Proud Boys debate comment, but damage was already done
October 01, 2020 12:36From todays "Daily 202" podcast, the fallout from Tuesday's norm-shattering debate.
Trump fails in first debate to make the race anything but a referendum on him
September 30, 2020 11:52From "The Daily 202" podcast: No one alive has ever seen a presidential debate like Tuesday night’s unseemly shout fest between President Trump and Joe Biden.
A new poll shows Joe Biden leading in Pennsylvania ahead of the first debate
September 29, 2020 11:34From "The Daily 202"podcast, Biden’s support stands at 54 percent to Trump’s 45 percent among the Keystone State’s likely voters. Biden’s current edge among likely voters appears sizable but is not definitive, given the five-point margin of error.
What it's like to moderate a debate
September 29, 2020 01:00On "Post Reports," national political columnist Karen Tumulty on what it’s like to moderate a presidential debate — and why it might be a good thing to lose the audience.
Five weeks out from the election, Trump plays defense in several states he carried in 2016
September 28, 2020 11:57From "The Daily 202" podcast. Plus, Trump reportedly paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016. And Democrats plan to make Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation a referendum on Obamacare.
Trump’s escalating attacks on the election prompt fresh fears of a looming constitutional crisis
September 25, 2020 12:06From "The Daily 202" podcast, President Trump reiterated Thursday that he may not honor the results should he lose reelection, reaffirming his extraordinary refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power.
How the Supreme Court became the most trusted branch, and how electoral politics might undo that
September 24, 2020 22:00On the "Can He Do That?" podcast, Can the president push through a confirmation? Can the Democrats pack the court? Judicial politics expert Lisa Holmes and congressional reporter Paul Kane answer key questions amidst a contentious battle for the bench.
President Trump refuses to commit to the peaceful transfer of power
September 24, 2020 11:50From today's "Daily 202" podcast, Trump's latest comments came after he has spent months making unsubstantiated claims that voting by mail is corrupt and will lead to a “rigged” election.
How a Supreme Court vacancy could affect the election
September 23, 2020 00:55On "Post Reports," courts reporter Ann Marimow explains how a Supreme Court vacancy — or replacement — could have an impact on the presidential election.
Former Pence aide on coronavirus task force explains why she will vote for Biden
September 18, 2020 12:17From "The Daily 202" podcast: Olivia Troye, who worked as a homeland security, counterterrorism and coronavirus adviser to Vice President Pence for two years, said the administration’s response cost lives and that she will vote for Joe Biden.
The White women turning away from Trump
September 17, 2020 16:45From the "Post Reports" podcast, national political correspondent Jenna Johnson reports on the growing number of White female voters who regret voting for Donald Trump in 2016.
Trump defies local regulations to hold an indoor rally in Nevada
September 14, 2020 11:39From "The Daily 202" podcast: Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak blasts the rally as "shameful, dangerous and irresponsible."
Biden and Trump mark Sept. 11
September 11, 2020 12:40From today's "Daily 202" podcast: There are 18 year olds who will vote in this November’s election who were not alive on Sept. 11, 2001.
A DHS whistleblower and the 2020 election
September 11, 2020 00:45On "Post Reports," Shane Harris reports that a DHS whistleblower says he was told to stop reports on Russian interference in the 2020 election.
Top official says Trump ordered him to stop providing intelligence on Russian interference
September 10, 2020 14:45From "The Daily 202" podcast: A senior Department of Homeland Security official says he was ordered to stop providing intelligence analysis on the threat of Russian interference.
Presidential candidates shift focus to the Midwest
September 04, 2020 00:40On "Post Reports," politics reporter Matt Viser on Joe Biden's challenge in the midwest.
Two different stories of American unrest
September 03, 2020 19:44On the "Can He Do That?" podcast, how much do these two starkly different Kenosha, Wis., narratives reflect the divisions in our country? How much are they responsible for stoking those divisions? are there any checks on what the U.S. president can say?
Two conventions, two American realities
August 28, 2020 20:44From today's Post Reports, political correspondent Dan Balz looks back at two very different conventions that painted two different portraits of America. Read more: Trump and Biden look to brutal fall campaign over pandemic, race and the economy
Trump casts himself as more an insurgent than an incumbent in Republican convention speech
August 28, 2020 11:28From "The Daily 202" podcast: President Trump delivered a wholesale attack on Joe Biden and fiercely defended his stewardship of a nation buffeted by historic crises on Thursday night.
Trump suggested sending law enforcement to the polls. Can he do that?
August 27, 2020 21:15On "Can He Do That?": Historically, Republicans have used similar tactics to scare people of color away from the polls. An election law expert and Post reporter explain what the RNC is planning for Election Day and how today’s laws apply.
Trump shatters norms as he uses powers of presidency during Republican convention
August 26, 2020 11:55From "The Daily 202" podcast: President Trump and the Republican Party placed the powers of the federal government in service to Trump’s reelection on Tuesday
The GOP platform is enthusiastic support for Trump
August 25, 2020 11:07On "The Daily 202" podcast, if there were still any doubt that Trump had thoroughly appropriated and consumed the Republican Party, it was erased Monday as Republicans kicked off their national convention.
Mail ballots rejected in the primaries could make the difference in battleground states this fall
August 24, 2020 11:42On "The Daily 202" podcast, more than 534,000 mail ballots were rejected in this year’s primaries across 23 states. Nearly a quarter were in key battlegrounds for the fall.
Biden promises to end 'the darkness'
August 21, 2020 11:41On "The Daily 202" podcast, Joe Biden accepts the Democratic presidential nomination.
Postal problems persist. (But your mail-in ballot is probably safe.)
August 20, 2020 21:53On the "Can He Do That?" podcast, are Postal Service operations no longer in jeopardy? Can USPS ensure all mail-in ballots get where they need to go? And, most critically, has irreparable damage been done to America’s faith in our electoral system?
Kamala Harris becomes first woman of color to accept a major party nomination for vice president
August 20, 2020 12:07From "The Daily 202" podcast, Kamala Harris headlines the third night of the Democratic convention.
Joe Biden officially becomes the Democratic Party’s nominee for president
August 19, 2020 11:50From "The Daily 202 podcast," Joe Biden officially secured the Democratic nomination for president.
Michelle Obama warns: ‘If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can’
August 18, 2020 11:52On "The Daily 202" podcast, the Democratic convention embraces Black Lives Matter, and Bernie Sanders hails a liberal movement in transition, and Jill Biden emerges as a more powerful gatekeeper than ever in her husband’s campaign.
Trump vs. the Postal Service
August 18, 2020 10:44On Post Reports, Ashley Parker traces President Trump’s obsession with the U.S. Postal Service. Freelance journalist Kayla Ruble talks about why young Black voters yearn for policy, not promises, from Sen. Kamala Harris.
House Democrats ending recess early in bid to check Trump's moves against the Postal Service
August 17, 2020 11:21 - 7.92 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast, the House Oversight Committee scheduled an emergency hearing on mail delays and concerns about potential White House interference in the Postal Service.
Trump blocking money for the Postal Service threatens to change the outcome of the election
August 14, 2020 12:02From "The Daily 202" podcast: President Trump says he opposes both election aid for states and an emergency bailout for the U.S. Postal Service because he wants to restrict how many Americans can vote by mail.