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Jan 2024
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Why 2024 Is Unlike Any Previous Election

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Disinformation. Threats to election workers. A potential presidential rematch. We look at why this election season is different than others before, and what it means for voting.

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, voting correspondent Miles Parks, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

Our producers are Casey Morell & Kelli Wessinger. Our editor is Erica Morrison. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Fact checking by Jeongyoon Han.

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