Could Young Voters Doom Kamala?! - September 4th, 2024
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So you're probably going to hear this a lot as we get closer and closer to the election, is that we're down to the final sprint to November 5th. So welcome everyone to the Don Lemon Show, to Lemon Live, where you, your voice is heard. And we're so happy to talk to you about what's happening. The race is, I said after Labor Day, that is when there is a full presidential race going on. And it is neck and neck right now. So I'm going to give you the latest polling, and I'm going to talk to Pete Hamby, who knows all about this. And we're going to talk about something interesting and a concept that I – not even a concept, but something that I think is a reality that folks maybe on the left are not paying attention to, and they should pay more attention to it.
And I think that folks on the right – Thank you so much for having me. though her slight lead is either within or just barely outside of the margin of error. So the candidates are tied 47% in Pennsylvania. Trump leads Harris by five points in Arizona. So much, so much to break down. I'm grateful to have this fantastic journalist returning an old friend of mine and a former colleague, Mr. Pete Hamby, an Emmy Award-winning journalist who reports on politics, media, and technology for Puck. He's also the host of Puck's The Powers That Be podcast, which is fantastic. You have to listen to it. And I literally just listened to his episode today with our good friend Tara Palmieri, who has been on as well.
Pete, good to see you, my friend. How are you doing? It's been a long time.
It has been a while. I was at the LSU game over the weekend in Vegas, Don. Your beloved Tigers.
Why are you bringing that up? Sorry. I thought you were my friend.
I was in the LSU section. I was pulling for the Tigers. I was really disappointed. It's terrible. Five season opening losses in a row. Not great.
I know, and I was with a USC person having Labor Day dinner cookout, which I want to talk to you about because I was also with some young people. Some of them were their kids, right, who were part of this whole crowd. So I want to talk to you about all of that. Okay, so this is what we're going to talk about, Pete. Reflections on my last chat with you in July, Trump and Harris ad spending, Harris and young voters, and after Peter leaves, we're going to talk about Tim Waltz, this family controversy that is going on. Okay, so Pete, just to give you some context, the last time we spoke, this was on July 2nd, just before the 4th of July, just three days after Donald Trump and Joe Biden had debated. And I re-listened to that show just this afternoon.
And let me just tell you, it was depressing. Neither of us thought that there was a strong likelihood of Biden dropping out. We were both considering the idea that Trump could win and win big. Are you shocked about just how much has changed in just eight weeks?
Yes, because we've never seen this before. I talked to you about this last time, actually. I had the benefit, I think, different from other journalists, of interviewing Kamala Harris in March for my Snapchat show, Good Luck America. I spent time with her. And a lot of... campaign reporters. I hadn't spent a lot of time with her in person since 2020 when she ran what was really just a terrible presidential campaign. And so you had all these impressions of Kamala Harris that she had churned through staff in the vice president's office. She was kind of listless, kind of lost on immigration, on other issues. And I had interviewed her. It turns out she got a little bit better. And that was in March. She was, you know, and that happens when you're vice president.
No one pays attention to you. Really? After a while, they pay attention to you when you mess up. But otherwise, you know, you do media interviews. She was touring college campuses. She had been meeting with world leaders. You just get some batting practice. And so when I interviewed her, I was like, oh. She's better than I thought. This might be the best I've ever seen Kamala Harris, in fact. And so in that whole Biden psychodrama of July after the debate, you know, I talked to some Democrats who are like open primary, like let let Josh Shapiro run and put Gretchen Whitmer in there.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:20–5:54
2
What do the latest battleground state polls say about Harris vs. Trump?
5:54–13:12
3
How did Pete Hamby describe Kamala Harris’s transformation since March?
13:12–30:41
4
Why did James Carville and other veterans urge change after the debate?
30:41–47:59
5
Which suburban 'latte‑drinking' voters could swing the election?
47:59–50:06
6
Are Gen Z men breaking toward Trump and why does it matter?
50:06–55:13
Speakers
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