We take you on a road trip through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and Illinois, and find out the one thing that locals say when asked why they vote for Trump. When we watch America through our own media we get a perspective on the US through New York, Washington and California, but these others states up in the Mid North East offer a different view all together. Almost all of them voted for Trump in 2016 with some of them being crucial to his victory because they were expected to go the other way. 

 

So understanding the people in these states will be pivotal in helping to understand the result we’ll see unfold in the election which is now only two weeks away. Australian journalist Jacob Greber is the Washington Correspondent for the Australian Financial Review, and joins us on this episode to the share the findings of the 4000km road trip he took through these states.

 

In today's news headlines:

• Covid-19 alert for Bathurst 1000 after virus found in wastewater
• Push for pre-Christmas travel plan as nation loses $319 million a day
• Extremists targeted Magda Szubanski, says eSafety Commissioner
• Pope Francis endorses same-sex civil unions for the first time

 

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