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Nov 5, 2026

Liam WadeyHOST
15:06
To go on to our next question, I know you've mentioned before that, I mean, you have gone on, you and your class, you've gone to Iowa and Texas for your political reporting class.
Liam WadeyHOST
15:16
And these are two states, as you've mentioned, that are battleground states currently.
Liam WadeyHOST
15:21
They'll dictate who will control the Senate.
Liam WadeyHOST
15:23
So...

5 MINS LATER

Jaden FrankHOST
20:53
He's from Texas.
Jaden FrankHOST
20:54
And Avani Lakhereti from Kansas.
Jaden FrankHOST
20:57
These are two students from swing states this election, battleground states.
Jaden FrankHOST
21:01
We'd like to have them tell us what it's like voting in a couple of these very few competitive races.
Bill KimlerHOST
1:35
We're purple.
Bill KimlerHOST
1:36
As of November 3rd, 2026, South Carolina is officially a purple state.
Bill KimlerHOST
1:42
We're purple.
Bill KimlerHOST
1:43
That is incredible.

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Ashley PainterSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
24:45
52, 48 type
Bill KimlerHOST
24:46
of level across the board.
Bill KimlerHOST
24:48
That is a purple state.
Bill KimlerHOST
24:50
I think aside from Annie, she performed the best as a Democrat.
Jonathan LemirePANELIST
15:01
Carolina.
Jonathan LemirePANELIST
15:03
We were talking earlier today about the importance of Democrats now having control of the state houses in 2028 battleground states, making it that much harder for the president to try to interfere.
Jonathan LemirePANELIST
15:15
So while on the subject of 2028, if you had any news you'd like to make this morning, We're happy to listen.
Jonathan LemirePANELIST
15:20
But beyond
Rahm EmanuelGUEST
15:21
that, tell us about how important that is for the next election cycle.
Rahm EmanuelGUEST
15:23
So just for this topper of the seven battleground states across the country, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.
Rahm EmanuelGUEST
15:34
Democrats are governors in all of them.
Rahm EmanuelGUEST
15:36
We flipped and just you just heard Georgia.
Michael SmerconishHOST
2:07
Because given the results of the election yesterday, there's something for everyone on the Democratic side of the aisle to point to and say, ah, see, there's our path.
Michael SmerconishHOST
2:16
You could look at Shapiro's impressive victory in Purple State, Pennsylvania, and say, well, that's the way to do it.
Michael SmerconishHOST
2:24
Or you could look at El-Sayed's impressive victory in Michigan and say a progressive can win anywhere.
Michael SmerconishHOST
2:31
That debate's going to continue for the next two years.
Nikki FriedGUEST
39:23
And the fact that David Jolly was able to come within one percentage point winning statewide in our state when we lost 19 points in 2022 shows that we are organizing, we are on the ground every single day, and the issues matter to the people of our state.
Nikki FriedGUEST
39:39
Of course, we'll always have wished that there was more national investment into our state, but this is an opportunity to show the rest of the country Florida continues to be that battleground state, that purple state that people cannot count out.
Lyndsay KeithHOST
39:53
Yeah, and I think that was interesting.
Lyndsay KeithHOST
39:54
Really, Donald was able to outspend Jolly there by quite a bit.
Nikki FriedGUEST
42:15
But we flipped the Florida House that we came.
Nikki FriedGUEST
42:18
We flipped a Florida Senate seat, city and county commissions all across the state.
Nikki FriedGUEST
42:22
Forty eight races up until this midterm election is why we know that Florida continues to be a battleground state.
Nikki FriedGUEST
42:30
And the people of our nation need to pay attention and stop counting Florida out.
ArmanHOST
0:11
Welcome everybody to the Swing State election edition.
ArmanHOST
0:14
Tonight is the midterm election in 2026.
ArmanHOST
0:17
We have some exciting news and some conversations that we're going to be discussing as we go through the map.

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ArmanHOST
9:09
And there's interesting concepts here.
ArmanHOST
9:12
I think one thing that's very interesting is it's very clear that there is no party loyalty.
ArmanHOST
9:17
I think these swing state voters are very open to whichever candidate is the best candidate for their time.
ArmanHOST
9:24
And it's the person who is providing the most valuable information It's the person who's connecting to them today, to their understanding of what's going on in the country today, to how they're feeling today.
ArmanHOST
9:35
And that was the Democrats' cycle.
Annie KarniGUEST
31:16
Then there's the— Mark Kelly's looking at it.
Annie KarniGUEST
31:22
He's an astronaut, Arizona, Purple State.
Annie KarniGUEST
31:26
Ruben Gallego is looking at it, another Purple State, Latino background, military background.
Annie KarniGUEST
31:33
I'm trying to think of other people in the Senate.
Annie KarniGUEST
31:35
And then there's Gavin Newsom.
Shaye GanamHOST
11:57
What are you watching? There's always swing states.
Shaye GanamHOST
11:59
There's key battleground states, races.
Shaye GanamHOST
12:02
Where should people be watching if they want to get some idea of what this might look like tomorrow morning? Texas.
Shaye GanamHOST
12:09
Texas.
Wes CarrollHOST
7:25
All right, so this is kind of where we are when it comes to Election Day.
Wes CarrollHOST
7:31
And like I said, there are some significant battleground states.
Wes CarrollHOST
7:36
There are a few states that we really need to keep a close eye on over the course of today.
Wes CarrollHOST
7:42
We have a few states that are, by all accounts, leaning in one direction.
Alice WilkinsCORRESPONDENT
0:26
Democrats, of course, looking to regain control of the House, possibly also the Senate, which would, of course, have huge implications for what President Donald Trump would be able to do in the last couple of years of his presidency.
Alice WilkinsCORRESPONDENT
0:37
New polling today has shown Democrats leading in five of the seven key battleground states that could decide Senate control because the Democrats have to flip at least four seats in and hold on to their own to wrestle back control of the Senate.
Alice WilkinsCORRESPONDENT
0:53
So this New York Times-Siena University polling has Democrats leading in Michigan, Texas, Maine, Ohio, and Kansas.
Alice WilkinsCORRESPONDENT
1:03
In some of those races, the polling is showing a relatively decent lead as well.

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