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Ezra Klein: Happy holidays. Welcome to “Ask Me Anything” and the near end of a year that has felt like many, many, many years.
We thought before it all ends, we would answer a couple more questions — hopefully slightly more fun ones than those that are more election focused. And then we’re going to be back with new episodes in the new year and have some stuff that I’m pretty excited about in the pipeline.
But thank you to everybody who’s been listening this year. It has been a ride.
Thank you to Claire Gordon, who’s here with me and has been an amazing partner in building the show this year and editing it and getting things out at the last minute. To her and to the team. They’ve all been incredible about getting the show out the door. With as fast as news was moving, it was no small thing and took no small number of long nights.
So thank you to you.
Claire Gordon: Oh, thank you, Ezra. It has been a year. I am not yet quite ready to process it all. And these aren’t all fun questions. People are here for your political analysis.
Klein: I thought you told me this one was going to be lighter.
Gordon: Well, there will be some fun at the end when I’m going to continue the tradition from last year of a rapid-fire round.
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Such a scenario would represent a notable degree of ticket-splitting, perpetuating a trend captured by surveys throughout this election cycle. Democratic Senate candidates in a number of swing states, including Arizona and Nevada, have consistently polled ahead of the top of the ticket, especially when President Biden was the party’s standard-bearer. As Ms. Harris’s nomination has made the election more competitive, the gap between her and those down-ballot Democrats has narrowed — but the trend persists in most races in swing states.
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