The Run-Up

“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.

The Run-Up is a news podcast hosted by The New York Times, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 82. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  What Democrats Think Went Wrong

  Nov 21, 202449 minS0

  <p>A year ago, Astead took “The Run-Up” listeners home for Thanksgiving.</p><p>Specifically, he convened a focus group of family and friends to talk about the election and the question of Black people’s changing relationship to the Democratic Party.</p><p>This year, he got the group back together for a different mission.</p><p>The question was: What happened? What can Democrats learn from their defeat in 2024?</p><p>On today’s show: an autopsy conducted not by consultants or elected officials but by committed, everyday Democratic voters. And a farewell.</p> <p><p>Unlock full access t...

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  The Man in Charge of Trump’s Border Policy

  Nov 14, 202432 minS0

  <p>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 is a window into how he sees the mission of a second term.</p><p>One priority will be immigration and border control, and, more specifically, Trump’s campaign promise of “mass deportations.”</p><p>On Sunday night, Trump announced the person he was putting in charge of this effort: Tom Homan.</p><p>Homan was the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the first Trump administration, and he playe...

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  One Voter to Understand Trump’s Win

  Nov 7, 202420 minS0

  <p>For more than two years, we’ve been asking pretty much everyone we meet a version of the same question:</p><p>Who are you going to vote for and why?</p><p>And on Wednesday morning, we had the answer to that question. Or at least the first part.</p><p>Donald Trump easily won the electoral vote, and as of early Thursday, he’s on track to win the popular vote too.</p><p>The second part of the question — the why of 2024 — is a little more complicated. It will take time to answer in its entirety.</p><p>But...

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  A Final Dispatch From America’s Bellwether

  Nov 5, 202449 minS0

  <p>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.</p><p>So as people go to the polls to cast their vote for Kamala Harris, Donald Trump or someone else, we wanted to return to the place where we started almost exactly a year ago.</p><p>Clallam County, in the northwest corner of Washington State.</p><p>It’s the last true bellwether county in America. Voters there have correctly picked the president every year since 1980.</p><p>Last yea...

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  Tailgating in Wisconsin With the Bros Trump Needs

  Nov 2, 202439 minS0

  <p>One phenomenon that’s been getting a lot of attention during this election is the growing gender gap among young people.</p><p>Young men are leaning right, and young women are moving left.</p><p>In recent national surveys from The New York Times and Siena College, young women favored Kamala Harris by 42 percentage points and young men favored Donald Trump by 12 points.</p><p>And Trump has made explicit appeals to men — or at least his version of masculinity — a huge part of his message and campaign strategy.</p><p>So, as we enter the election’s final da...

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