Why the F@#! It Matters

It's time, we've made it, was starting to wonder if we'd ever see the day. No matter how you feel about it, election day is upon us, so what's the state of it going into actual election day? Whether you've voted or are going to tomorrow, catch up with where the presidential election stands after early voting and mail-in ballot votes have been cast, along with an explanation of how polling works and the ups and downs it's experienced the past 8 years. Listen now for everything you need to know going into election day!

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CHECK OUT THESE VOTING RESOURCES:
https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Voter_Toolkit
https://www.vote.org/
https://howshouldivote2024.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsoe5BhDiARIsAOXVoUvvBVj2mhX2JSK1zt5v11Abkf5H6JLiiT3z5GHObZ9yrZnz8PiKFbQaAjP2EALw_wcB
https://www.eac.gov/voters 

CHECK OUT THE SOURCES USED FOR THIS EPISODE (FULL LIST ON WEBSITE):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/elections/early-vote-tracker-2024.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4x71znwxdo
https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2024-early-voting/
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/10/22/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis/nevada-poll-trump-harris-00184902
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/upshot/polling-errors-2024-election.html?email=4dd065776fb2934a883b11921c25aba56f8d1e0f&emaila=c01e1d549303cac7ced6278ed58cf579&emailb=6d1aa8b8f63bfb18f02437333f1ba9d3b0b3ad2d416013229d63a1fa0f92973a&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10.22%2012:30%20EM
https://www.businessinsider.com/harris-trump-national-polls-women-gender-gap-election-2024-10
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2024/10/22/the-two-week-blitz-begins-00132333?nname=pla

SOS, we're 2 weeks away from the election 🥴

Before you cast your ballot on Nov. 5 or if you already have and simply want to learn the background of who you've voted for, WTFIM brings you the cliffnotes on the two candidates. Where did they come from? How did they get here? What made them who they are?

Listen now to take a look at the stories of Donald Trump's and Kamala Harris' lives. 

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Check out all the sources used for this episode (full list on website):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-harris/ 
https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/kamala-harris/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/10/04/kamala-harris-diddy-dated-fact-check/75494622007/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/us/elections/kamala-harris-fund-raising.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-campaign-fundraising-1-billion/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2501n5rvvno 
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/11/kamala-harris-vp-background-bio-biden-running-mate-2020-393885 
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/politics/kamala-harris-biography/index.html 
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/24/g-s1-12918/kamala-harris-vice-president-senator-ag-california-first 
https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/08/kamala-harris-prosecutor-california-san-francisco/
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/19/here-is-what-to-know-about-vp-kamala-harris-background/74462555007/
https://millercenter.org/president/trump/life-presidency
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35318

What is the electoral college?
Why do I keep hearing the phrase 'swing state'?

You know you've typed this into Google a time or two and you probably found a bunch of words that ultimately explained nothing. We've got you.
Maggie is back with her usual ramblings, including the RFK whale head debacle and her bartender lore, but more importantly, WTFIM is breaking down the 5 w's of the electoral college, along with what swing states are and if they're even important to this election.

 (Hint: they are. You're gonna want to hear this).

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Check out all the sources used for this episode (full list on website):
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/north-carolina/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/sep/03/electoral-votes-swing-state-margins-explained
https://www.usa.gov/electoral-college
https://news.gallup.com/poll/651353/americans-favor-replacing-electoral-college-system.aspx
https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/electors
https://wildcat.arizona.edu/121890/news/election-2020-is-arizona-finally-going-blue/
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/29/nx-s1-4936052/swing-states-presidential-elections
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/the-electoral-college-simplified/
https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/7-swing-states-that-could-decide-the-2024-presidential-election
https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-harris-poll-battleground-swing-states-election-2024-rcna172480
https://apnews.com/article/rfk-jr-kennedy-whale-investigation-09c494d8164c6f9bde9ece39637ea4d3
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/08/23/harris-trump-rfk-jr-election-updates/
https://rollc

We're so back! A week and a half after the maybe possibly final presidential debate before election day on Nov. 5, Maggie dives into all the highlights you want to know, and what the debate meant for us as voters. Don't worry, we've made sure to highlight all the entertainment, too (I wanted to send her a MAGA hat).

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Check out all the sources used for this episode (full list on website):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRh6598RmHM
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/highlights-harris-trump-presidential-debate-113576972
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/11/politics/video/undecided-voters-trump-harris-debate-abc-news-digvid
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-harris-abc-debate-fact-check/
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/abc-news-fact-checks-presidential-debates-trump-harris-1236140699/
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/11/g-s1-21932/fact-check-trump-harris-presidential-debate-2024
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjv3gdxv7go
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/business-leaders-reaction-to-the-trump-harris-debate/479709
https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/09/even-fox-news-cant-spin-trumps-debate-performance-he-had-a-bad-night.html
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/11/nx-s1-5107965/kamala-harris-expressions-memes-donald-debate-2024

We're back with a short little episode of chaotic storytimes and covering updates on the two presidential campaigns going on with only 79 days left until doomsday, as well as the rare policy agreement the candidates have both promised, polling, and the ups and downs of the campaigns. Listen now for the latest updates because hot boys and girls are super informed and smart.

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Check out the sources used for this episode (full list on website):
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-leads-trump-by-5-points-ipsos-poll-2024-08-08/
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4827276-harris-trump-battleground-states-cook/
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/08/14/the-presidential-matchup-harris-trump-kennedy/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-vance-walz-election-06f4f1fc4b82ce7fe4ee97b9b9941f76
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-elon-musk-live-chat-x-glitches-cyber-attack/
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/12/g-s1-16698/trump-musk-x-interview
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/14/trump-iran-hack-campaign-00174002
https://apnews.com/video/donald-trump-national-national-917d3e2e76c8400d95d574b069b19126
https://www.crfb.org/blogs/kamala-harris-plan-exempt-tips-taxes-and-raise-minimum-wage
https://apnews.com/video/kamala-harris-donald-trump-legislation-taxes-michigan-c71526ddfff3433980c92daa7ec50e2c
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/14/no-tax-on-tips-kamala-harris-donald-trump-ron-paul/74771343007/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/14/tax-tips-harris-trump-nevada/

Joe, she did it! In this week's episode of WTFIM, Maggie covers Kamala Harris' official nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate, as well as her shocking choice for a running mate, Tim Walz. Listen now to get the low down on everything you need to know about the man who fell out of Kamala's coconut tree and could be the possible future vice president. 

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Check out the sources used for this episode (full list on website):
https://apnews.com/article/harris-campaign-fundraising-200-million-5db5d7c5001c87377e4ba11250fff597
https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-donald-trump-joe-biden-president-ad48e81f84af1ffec6cd0a2be4cfb434
https://thehill.com/elections/4797070-harris-sees-jump-in-favorability-since-bidens-exit-poll/
https://www.realclearpolling.com/
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/28/pete-buttigieg-longshot-vp-harris-00171515
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/28/walz-buttigieg-kelly-harris-vice-president/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/07/30/2024-election-campaign-updates-harris-trump/
https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-shapiro-kelly-walz-beshear-vp-3b792c18b033b330ae59b45570ca56c1
https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-nomination-dnc-463d0b8095f2ca3526b3af3a2f44c3ca
https://apnews.com/article/harris-shapiro-kelly-beshear-walz-vp-democrats-d01c79817844b66c5bf466a1cd403c50
https://apnorc.org/projects/democrats-are-supportive-of-harris-but-many-adults-think-trump-has-the-electoral-advantage/ 
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/02/g-s1-14927/kamala-harris-fundraising#:~:text=Vice%20President%20Harris'%20presidential%20campaign,the%20likely%20Democratic%20presidential%20nominee. 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4808396-kamala-harris-campaign-momentum-vp-pick/
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4808393-trump-unleash-hell-atlanta-rally-harris/
https://apnews.com/article/02c7ebce765deef0161708b29fe0069e
https://apnews.com/article/4af158c92400034f609db1fbe071a13b
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/06/why-kamala-harris-chose-tim-walz-00172834
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/06/us/kamala-harris-vp-trump-election?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/06/republicans-tim-walz-harris-vice-president
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/g-s1-15701/election-poll-harris-trump 
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-08-06/tim-walz-harris-vp-choice-is-a-regular-guy-from-minnesota
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/11/1116714097/from-the-cold-war-to-evan-gershkovich-a-new-twist-in-u-s-russia-prisoner-swaps
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/02/nx-s1-5060502/prisoner-exchange-whelan-gershkovich-kurmasheva-arrive-in-us
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/01/world/who-are-detainees-russia-us-prisoner-swap-intl/index.html

The little episode that ruined Maggie's life. Long awaited and overdue, Maggie sits down and gives you all the basics and necessary juicy details of these past 3 weeks of history in the making and the upheaval of the entire 2024 election. From President Joe Biden's withdrawal and how we get to it, to Donald Trump's assassination attempt, let WTFIM catch you up on wtf is going on in the most tumultuous time in modern American history.

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Check out all the sources used for this episode (full list on website):
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/
https://abcnews.go.com/538/538s-forecast-moved-post-debate/story?id=111783096
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/15/nx-s1-5039204/the-trump-assassination-attempt-raises-questions-about-secret-service-failures
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4754535-raul-grijalva-joe-biden-drop-out-democrats/ 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4753294-michelle-obama-donald-trump-joe-biden-democrat-2024-hypothetical-matchup-survey/
https://rollcall.com/2024/07/09/house-democrats-still-split-on-biden-after-high-stakes-meeting/
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4752810-joe-biden-campaign-democrats-debate-performance-trump/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kpibhlagG0 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Xlal_UJ7A
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-demands-answers-secret-service-trump-assassination-attempt-rcna161777
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/15/metro/donald-trump-assassination-attempt/
https://rollcall.com/2024/07/09/house-democrats-still-split-on-biden-after-high-stakes-meeting/
https://www.vox.com/politics/359431/biden-step-down-lbj-1968-heather-cox-richardson
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-debate-should-biden-be-running-mental-abilities/

Thursday night saw the highly dreaded sh*t show that was the first 2024 presidential debate. Among the highlights of the infamous golf argument and  Biden's copious senior moments, was there actually anything to it? Listen now to the highlights.

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Check out the sources used for this episode (full list on website):
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-election-debate-trump-biden-577507522762aa10f6ee5be3a0ced2bb
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/27/biden-trump-presidential-debate-fact-check/74160563007/
https://abc11.com/post/presidential-debate-2024-fact-check-donald-trump-joe-biden/15006987/
https://apnews.com/article/cnn-debate-biden-trump-tapper-bash-ccff5a67e0dfbbb650b78a087ce268e6
https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/donald-trump-joe-biden-presidential-debate-golf-handicaps/
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/27/biden-debate-opening-concerns-00165595
https://abcnews.go.com/538/bidens-biggest-weakness-age-full-display-thursday-debate-analysis/story?id=111500745
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/who-won-first-trump-biden-presidential-debate-rcna159343
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgedpw4r5eo
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/25/2020-trump-biden-presidential-debate-highlights/74195370007/
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-trump-june-debate-poll/ 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHnqaDZ2KLk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXqJuK7NvBc
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/06/video-factchecking-highlights-from-the-biden-trump-debate/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/27/fact-check

On the newest episode of WTFIM, Maggie covers the latest global elections in democratic countries, the trends being seen, and how they'll affect us here in America during an election year of our own. She also covers the recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on the legality of a common abortion pill. Let's get into it.

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Check out the sources used for this episode (full list on website):
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2024/02/28/representative-democracy-remains-a-popular-ideal-but-people-around-the-world-are-critical-of-how-its-working/ 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp4475gwny1o
https://portal.ine.mx/the-mexican-electoral-system/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/5/new-test-for-modi-after-india-election-surprise-can-he-work-with-others
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22e75g4n4o
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/world/americas/mexico-claudia-sheinbaum-president.html
https://apnews.com/article/global-elections-2024-democracy-polarization-unhappy-719d47908aca0b421ff3b9bef33e350c
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/india/india-election-2024-hnk-intl-dg/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-modi-allies-meet-after-humbling-election-verdict-2024-06-05/
https://www.politico.eu/article/cheat-sheet-the-eu-election-dates/
https://apnews.com/article/european-election-2024-parliament-vote-2d75df1909b7d81511bb496cbb7d5383
https://elections.europa.eu/en/
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-election-ursula-von-der-leyen-roberta-metsola-charles-michel-an-americans-guide-to-the-eu-election/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/2/south-africa-elections-results-what-happens-next
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Former reality TV star, 'Home Alone 2' star, and former 45th president of the United States was found guilty on 34 counts of felony charges on May 30, 2024. So, how the hell did this happen? What now? No, actually...what now? 

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Check out the sources used for this episode (full list on the website):
https://www.c-span.org/video/?536021-101/president-trump-speaks-guilty-verdict-hush-money-trial
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4695467-courtroom-trump-first-convicted-president
https://apnews.com/article/a50d853c8d10de2caf179970500b11a1
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/upshot/polling-trump-verdict-conviction.html
https://www.foxnews.com/media/absolutely-insane-americans-react-trumps-stunning-conviction-new-york-trial 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-can-run-president-from-jail-hes-likely-go-there 
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/30/trump-guilty-verdict-polls-00160905
https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3898
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/30/trump-guilty-verdict-whats-next-00160814
https://apnews.com/article/c8193404866565c55b093086890cbef8
https://abcnews.go.com/538/trumps-guilty-verdict-impact-2024-presidential-election/story?id=110650906