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
In the midst of a pandemic. So of the officials had an almost Impossible Task of delivering and election and allowing american democracy to continue even while the pandemic was raging across the country. That is the part tramp. We have to give them that is the triumph we have to give them acknowledgment. They turned out at rates not seen before in american elections. That is the triumph side of it. The downside is that there were people who unnecessarily died. Because we did not offer full mail balloting in the 2020 election and unfortunately there were those forces that try to undermine our democracy. They leveraged the fact that we had to move to mail ballots in an us at time. At an unprecedented time. Host what do you say to people who deny the results of the 2020 election . Guest trump had an opportunity to provide evidence of some sort of malfeasance in the election. He went before judges he appointed to the bench, he had allies in key states that were serving on his reelection co
Were not going to count to see these things that you care about. What can i give you a free ride, a little time to figure out. I have one item to jonathans list of policies that have been conflictual, socialist invention of the subtle dimension in its rate to were, which is huge in a lot of ways and i think to be seen to things over the coming years of american federalism. One is distasteful split on more and more of these issues along sectional lines and second, among the states and the federal government that will become more conflictual and i believe thats all to the good. Will receive complete hodgepodge of coalitions on different issues . Are we seeing a different pattern quick no, i havent followed the mayor wanted name, but if you look at labor, the environment playing out that way, a variety of social and cultural issues is always, importantly health care you mentioned is always the same coalition for certain stability there and a huge overlap and thats a terrific thing. Is thi
Night. Speaking to a massive over capacity crowd at the university of denver. Roughly event. The gymnasium was so packed. And overflow crowds watched from the lacrosse stadium where the speech was displayed on the scoreboard. It appears saturdays political event was the largest of this election season. And hillarys Campaign Kickoff in new york was a crowd of about 5,000. The sanders turn out should have them to say the crowd was excited would be an understatement. Dont underestimate this man, Bernie Sanders. The vermont senator is electrifying democrats around the country. That nation and our government belong to all of us and not just a handful of billionaires. After packing minnesota rallies and surging in wisconsins straw polls,nizer sent a warning to the Hillary Clinton camp. Objects in our rear view mirror are closer than they appear. There is more than just hillary. There is Something Else out there. There is excitement. There is something that is a little more i dont know fulfil
Her president ial campaign. Yes, its true. She did announce her campaign some time back. Shes held some events since then. Shes also made some speeches. But the scale has been small until now. If that was the soft launch before now then today starts the hard launch. Hours from now well be hearing from the candidate herself as she makes a direct and personal case for why she should be the 45th president of the United States. Well spend the next two hours right here looking ahead to that speech looking ahead to the campaign, to the challenges and to the obstacles that hillary faces and to the opportunities maybe that her opponents have both republicans and her fellow democrats. We are also though this morning keeping an eye on the world outside of Roosevelt Island where there is a lot going on. There is as we speak, an active standoff in dallas texas, right now between a police s. W. A. T. Team and a group of suspects who opened fire on Police Headquarters in dallas. Those suspects are n