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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How an extraordinary election season affects Trump’s reelection chances
August 13, 2020 18:25On the "Can He Do That?" podcast chief political correspondent Dan Balz explains how the pandemic has reshaped the 2020 election and what those changes mean for Trump’s prospects for winning the presidency again.
Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and the future for Democrats
August 12, 2020 22:31In a historic move, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate. What does that mean for November? Today on Post Reports, national political reporter Annie Linskey breaks it down.
Public health partisanship confronts a new reality: The virus is surging in rural America
May 29, 2020 15:21 - 30.9 MBOn the “Can He Do That?” podcast, reporter Abigail Hauslohner explains how rural counties in America might handle a surge of Covid-19. And reporter Aaron Blake weighs in on what this shift means for the president, partisanship and public health.
How Trump is leveraging the presidency to campaign against Biden
May 22, 2020 11:40 - 26.2 MBOn the “Can He Do That?” podcast, reporters Sean Sullivan and Toluse Olorunnipa discuss how President Trump and Joe Biden's campaigns are handling campaigning and rallies in an unprecedented election year.
A pandemic playbook for political campaigns
May 11, 2020 21:40 - 10.9 MBOn "Post Reports," Michael Scherer describes how candidates have rewritten their campaign playbooks during the pandemic.
The Postal Service is in dire need. Trump wants to block the loan that could save them.
April 30, 2020 21:45 - 32.6 MBOn the “Can He Do That?” podcast, reporter Jacob Bogage details Trump’s desire to withhold a loan from the agency, and elections administration expert Amber McReynolds discusses the challenges of an election likely to rely more than ever on vote by mail.
U.S. elections are being tested like never before. What comes next?
March 19, 2020 20:25 - 28.8 MBOn "Can He Do That?", reporter Isaac Stanley-Becker unpacks the electoral vulnerabilities state primaries have revealed, and election law expert Ned Foley lays out what can -- and legally can’t -- happen as we look toward the general election in November.
Joe Biden sweeps the primaries in Florida, Illinois and Arizona
March 18, 2020 11:46 - 2.63 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: The Democratic race passed a point of no return last night, with Joe Biden firmly in control of his party’s nominating contest over Bernie Sanders.
Joe Biden hires a new manager as part of a campaign shake up
March 13, 2020 11:19 - 1.95 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Joe Biden appointed Jen O’Malley Dillon as his new campaign manager. She previously ran Beto O’Rourke’s campaign.
Joe Biden is on a path to win the Democratic nomination after more decisive wins
March 11, 2020 10:58 - 6.12 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Joe Biden seized control of the Democratic presidential contest last night with four victories, including a decisive win in Michigan that struck a devastating blow to Bernie Sanders.
Joe Biden chips away at Bernie Sanders’s edge with white working class voters
March 10, 2020 10:54 - 1.86 MBIn Missouri this weekend, the second biggest prize today, Biden touted his working-class roots.
Sanders steps up attacks on Biden ahead of critical Michigan primary
March 09, 2020 11:09 - 4.4 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: In speeches this weekend, Sanders has cautiously tested new and forceful attacks on Biden’s record on gay rights and women’s issues, potent critiques aimed at two key bases of the Democratic Party.
Elizabeth Warren's exit from the race ignites a conversation about sexism in politics
March 06, 2020 12:39As Elizabeth Warren decides whether to endorse either of the two male candidates remaining in the Democratic race for president, her supporters are left to contemplate a factor that many believe contributed significantly to her loss: she’s female.
And then there were two
March 05, 2020 22:02 - 16.1 MBToday on "Post Reports," Annie Linskey and Amber Phillips on the end of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign, and what happens to delegates after a candidate drops out.
Warren weighs her future, as Sanders sharpens attacks on Biden
March 05, 2020 12:30 - 3.86 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Elizabeth Warren flew home to Boston to reassess her campaign, weighing whether to end her bid and allow liberals in the party to unite behind Sanders the way moderates quickly coalesced for Biden.
So ... Biden?
March 04, 2020 22:33 - 12.5 MBOn "Post Reports," Philip Bump spoke with host Martine Powers about the Super Tuesday results.
Biden wins big on Super Tuesday, sweeping the South and beating Sanders and Warren in Massachusetts
March 04, 2020 11:54 - 6.13 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Joe Biden swept the South and did surprisingly well in New England and the Upper Midwest on Super Tuesday. He appears poised to seize control of the Democratic presidential race.
Big name Democrats embrace Joe Biden as Bernie Sanders hopes for a Super Tuesday sweep
March 03, 2020 12:06 - 2.61 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: A parade of establishment Democrats began coalescing around Joe Biden on Monday in an attempt to bolster the former vice president and stall Bernie Sanders’s ascent as voters in 14 states prepared to cast ballots today.
Super Tuesday, in 16 dispatches.
March 02, 2020 23:39 - 31.6 MBFourteen states, Americans abroad and one U.S. territory will hold nominating contests on Super Tuesday to award a total of 1,357 delegates.
Joe Biden moves to capitalize on his win in South Carolina
March 02, 2020 12:12 - 5.57 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Buoyed by a landslide in South Carolina on Saturday, former vice president Joe Biden made the case more explicitly that he’s the only Democrat who can stop Bernie Sanders from winning the nomination.
A surging Bernie Sanders shows few signs of making nice with Democrats
February 28, 2020 12:37 - 2.29 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Bernie Sanders spoke of “love and compassion” on the day he won the Nevada caucuses last week, extolling the power of “bringing people together,” signs of what some top aides say is Sanders’s new focus on unity.
Hacks, chaos and doubt: Lessons from the 2016 election revisited
February 28, 2020 08:00 - 26.4 MBOn “Can He Do That?” reporter Sean Sullivan and Laura Rosenberger, of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, reexamine what election interference looked like in the 2016 Democratic primary, and how the ghosts of that experience are reappearing today.
What millennial voters care about in 2020
February 27, 2020 22:17 - 16.1 MBOn "Post Reports," Eugene Scott describes the impact young voters may have on the presidential election. And Dan Keating explains whether stop-and-frisk actually lowered the crime rate in New York City.
Rival Democrats pile on Bernie Sanders in a debate, but no one breaks out
February 26, 2020 13:04 - 4.85 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Bernie Sanders came under sustained criticism during last night's presidential debate in South Carolina, as his six rivals launched urgent attempts to stop the candidate who has the clearest path to the Democratic nomination.
Bernie Sanders is unapologetic as he faces criticism from Democrats for Cold War travels
February 25, 2020 12:04 - 6.16 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: With Sanders now surging to the top of the Democratic presidential field, those three-decade-old impressions on his Cold War travels introduced a volatile new element in the race Monday.
Bernie Sanders is the man to beat for the Democratic nomination after landslide in Nevada
February 24, 2020 11:42 - 5.57 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Bernie Sanders has seized a commanding position in the Democratic presidential race, building a diverse coalition that is driving his liberal movement toward the cusp of taking over the party.
The odds of a contested Democratic convention grow, as the anti-Sanders vote stays fragmented
February 21, 2020 12:04 - 2.53 MBFrom "The Daily 202” podcast: If there is agreement that Sanders will lead the delegate race, there is similar agreement that he is not likely to be able to win a majority. That means, the Democrats might be headed for a chaotic national convention.
Nevada heats up during a ‘combative’ Democratic debate
February 20, 2020 21:59 - 12.9 MBOn today's "Post Reports," Michael Scherer reports on the heated Nevada Democratic debate.
Mike Bloomberg is a target of everyone else’s ire in his debut debate
February 20, 2020 12:29 - 4.19 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg suffered a punishing welcome in the Las Vegas Democratic debate on Wednesday night.
Mike Bloomberg will step outside his expensive comfort zone for tonight's debate
February 19, 2020 14:37 - 3.66 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: When Mike Bloomberg steps onto the debate stage in Las Vegas for his first hostile and uncontrolled campaign test, there will be no ad budgets to filter his image with focus-grouped messaging.
Bloomberg qualifies for Wednesday's debate, as he poaches some of Biden’s black supporters
February 18, 2020 12:07 - 3.89 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Mike Bloomberg qualified for Wednesday’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas, setting the stage for a clash that will test the staying power of a campaign that has so far been defined by its astronomical advertising spending.
Trump allies are starting to focus attention on Pete Buttigieg’s sexual orientation
February 14, 2020 13:04 - 2.44 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Rush Limbaugh, a week after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom during the State of the Union, questioned on his show whether Americans are ready for a gay presidential candidate who kisses his husband onstage.
The New Hampshire primary failed to winnow the Democratic field the way it has historically
February 13, 2020 12:42 - 6.79 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: usually the early Democratic presidential contests shrink the field. This year, they’ve expanded it.
Sanders narrowly wins N.H.
February 12, 2020 21:34 - 9.88 MBToday on "Post Reports," political reporter Aaron Blake breaks down the New Hampshire primary results, and what they mean for the Democrat’s race for the White House.
As Sanders wins N.H., Klobuchar’s strong finish behind Buttigieg will keep moderate voters divided
February 12, 2020 12:55 - 6.97 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Democrats are bracing themselves for a long and divisive slog for the presidential nomination after New Hampshire has added new uncertainty to a race that was already scrambled by last week's caucuses in Iowa.
Health care is the top concern for New Hampshire primary voters
February 11, 2020 12:31 - 6.77 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: New Hampshire is at the leading edge of Americans’ frustration with flaws of the U.S. health-care system.
The battle for momentum in early primary states
February 10, 2020 22:33 - 10.5 MBOn Post Reports, Eugene Scott weighs the stakes of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.
Sanders and Buttigieg keep attacking each other in New Hampshire
February 10, 2020 12:36 - 6.17 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: The two top finishers in last week's Iowa caucuses, representing opposite ends of the Democratic Party's ideological spectrum, are heading for a showdown in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.
Joe Biden is nowhere to be found in New Hampshire
February 07, 2020 12:55 - 2.18 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Biden spent yesterday huddling with his top advisers at his home in Wilmington, Del., seeking a reset and perhaps a last-ditch effort to save his candidacy, beginning with a debate tonight.
Bernie Sanders has his best fundraising month yet
February 06, 2020 13:06 - 3.62 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: Bernie Sanders announced this morning that he raised $25 million in January, making it his best fundraising month so far. More than 648,000 people contributed — including 219,000 new donors.
Iowa and the future of election technology
February 05, 2020 22:32 - 6.32 MBOn Post Reports, Tony Romm explains the app malfunction that’s stalling results from the Iowa caucuses.
Buttigieg and Sanders take the lead as partial Iowa results are finally released
February 05, 2020 12:19 - 3.45 MBFrom “The Daily 202” podcast: Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price released last night what he said represented 62 percent of the state’s precincts. The full results remain delayed with no clear timeline for a resolution.
Inside the chaos of the Iowa caucuses
February 04, 2020 21:33 - 12.2 MBOn Post Reports, Jenna Johnson explains the result delays from the Iowa caucuses.
Iowa mess means no official results – and questions about the future of the caucuses
February 04, 2020 12:32 - 5.74 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: On the night Iowa was asked to deliver a definitive primary result, the entire precinct caucus system broke down, and Iowa's place in the nominating process became the story.
In Iowa, John Kerry says he won’t run in 2020 but doesn’t deny he speculated about it
February 03, 2020 13:09 - 6.33 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: On Sunday, an NBC reporter overheard one of the former vice president’s top surrogates, John F. Kerry, in the hotel lobby speculating over the idea that he would jump into the race.
‘It’s going to be a cluster,’ Joe Biden says in Iowa, as candidates scramble
February 02, 2020 16:01 - 10.2 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: The Democratic presidential candidates returned to Iowa in full force yesterday, using a brief break from impeachment proceedings to rally supporters ahead of tomorrow’s caucuses.
Bernie Sanders’s campaign advises Iowa volunteers to tread carefully around ‘socialism’
February 01, 2020 17:18 - 7.59 MBFrom "The Daily 202" podcast: A handwritten sign posted on the wall inside a Bernie Sanders campaign office here in Des Moines tells volunteers how to respond when people raise concerns about his identity as a socialist.
How do caucuses work, anyway?
February 01, 2020 01:45 - 13.8 MBOn "Post Reports," Kayla Epstein explains the chaotic, confusing, bizarre process that is the Iowa caucuses.
Trump overshadows the Democratic candidates in Iowa ahead of the caucuses
January 31, 2020 13:05 - 4.44 MBFrom “The Daily 202” podcast: At a pivotal moment for Democrats in Iowa, the candidates found themselves reacting to the president's massive shadow rather than setting their own course.