[laughter]. And, you know, you were watching nickelodeon, and i was trying to think back, you know, you had josh, i carly. And in our household, sponge bob rules. Attention, so let me just reprice for you what was going on eight years ago. We were living through two long wars, the worst economic cries is in 80 years. But because of the American People and because we made some good decisions about what might help working families, we turned the page. Jennifer again that is president obama speaking at u. N. H. This afternoon. If youd like to listen in more, right on wmur. Com. Also on our mobile app. And on our facebook page. Josh on the republican side of things, president ial nominee donald trump is holding his second to last Campaign Event before election day, right here in manchester at the snhu arena, thats where well find political reporter adam sexton who is standing by live. Reporter josh, this is the very same venue where in 2012 mitt romney held his final Campaign Event of that
Describe 2020 election as a story of triumph and tragedy. Explain. Well, we have to recognize that the 2020 election had the highest turnout, the most number of people that predicted. Since 1900. I mean, thats quite an accomplishment in the midst of a pandemic. So Election Officials managed almost an Impossible Task of delivering an election and allowing american democracy to continue even while the pandemic was raging across the country. So thats triumph. And its the triumph of election. And we have to give them a lot of credit and acknowledged their contributions to running the elections and the voters because they turned at rates that had not been seen in american elections. Thats the triumph side of it. The the the the downside is that there were some people who unnecessarily died and because we did not full mail balloting in the 2020 election and unfortunately there were those forces that tried to undermine our confidence in our democracy and they leveraged the fact that we had ha
Professor mcdonald, morning you describe 2020 election as a story of triumph and tragedy. Explain. Well, we have to recognize that the 2020 election had the highest turnout, the most number of people that predicted. Since 1900. I mean, thats quite an accomplishment in the midst of a pandemic. So Election Officials managed almost an Impossible Task of delivering an election and allowing american democracy to continue even while the pandemic was raging across the country. So thats triumph. And its the triumph of election. And we have to give them a lot of credit and acknowledged their contributions to running the elections and the voters because they turned at rates that had not been seen in american elections. Thats the triumph side of it. The the the the downside is that there were some people who unnecessarily died and because we did not full mail balloting in the 2020 election and unfortunately there were those forces that tried to undermine our confidence in our democracy and they l
Florida and also the author of this book from pandemic to insurrection voting in the 2020 us president election. Professor mcdonald, morning you describe 2020 election as a story of triumph and tragedy. Explain. Well, we have to recognize that the 2020 election had the highest turnout, the most number of people that predicted. Since 1900. I mean, thats quite an accomplishment in the midst of a pandemic. So Election Officials managed almost an Impossible Task of delivering an election and allowing american democracy to continue even while the pandemic was raging across the country. So thats triumph. And its the triumph of election. And we have to give them a lot of credit and acknowledged their contributions to running the elections and the voters because they turned at rates that had not been seen in american elections. Thats the triumph side of it. The the the the downside is that there were some people who unnecessarily died and because we did not full mail balloting in the 2020 elec
Michael mcdonald is with us this morning. Hes a Political Science professor at the versity of florida and also the author of this book from pandemic to insurrection voting in the 2020 us president election. Professor mcdonald, morning you describe 2020 election as a story of triumph and tragedy. Explain. Well, we have to recognize that the 2020 election had the highest turnout, the most number of people that predicted. Since 1900. I mean, thats quite an accomplishment in the midst of a pandemic. So Election Officials managed almost an Impossible Task of delivering an election and allowing american democracy to continue even while the pandemic was raging across the country. So thats triumph. And its the triumph of election. And we have to give them a lot of credit and acknowledged their contributions to running the elections and the voters because they turned at rates that had not been seen in american elections. Thats the triumph side of it. The the the the downside is that there were