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Aug 2024
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Introducing - Chasing the Vote: The Batt...

The Wall Street Journal
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This is an election unlike any that Americans have seen in generations, with voters having to quickly absorb the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the sudden rise of Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic ticket. In this multi-part series, WSJ political reporter Jimmy Vielkind travels to some of the key states that will decide the election, asking voters what they think of the main arguments put forward by Republicans and Democrats.

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