19 Days to Go: Early Voting, Dance Parties and Third Parties

This week on the campaign trail, Donald Trump displayed bizarre town hall behavior, Kamala Harris pursued a strategy aimed at Black men, and the first wave of early voting offered a look at the energy of the electorate. Michael Barbaro sits down with the political reporters Lisa Lerer, Shane Goldmacher and Rebecca Davis O’Brien to make sense of it all.

Guests:

Lisa Lerer • , a national political correspondent for The New York Times. Shane Goldmacher • , a national political correspondent for The New York Times. Rebecca Davis O’Brien • , a reporter covering national politics for The New York Times.

Background reading:

A frustrated Trump lashed out • behind closed doors over money. Five takeaways • from Kamala Harris’s interview with Charlamagne Tha God. • Georgia officials reported record turnout on the first day of early voting • . • Early voting has started. Here’s what to watch • .

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