Episode #515: Election Exasperation and More

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this special post-election episode, Ron and Ed dive into the highs, lows, and surprises from the 2024 U.S. election. They’ll explore the economic and business implications of the election results, unpack key possible policy shifts, and discuss what the outcome could mean for professionals and beyond. Tune in for insights, analysis, and a touch of humor as they make sense of the latest political landscape.

SHOW NOTES

Segment one

• A pre-election article from National Review: “The 2024 Stakes Are Lower Than You Think” https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2024/12/the-2024-stakes-are-lower-than-you-think/

• Ron Kuby is an American criminal defense and civil rights lawyer mentioned on the show today. Here is some background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kuby

• Needs no explanation: Life of Brian - The People's Front of Judea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WboggjN_G-4

• Santa Fight Club from This American Life https://www.thisamericanlife.org/371/scenes-from-a-mall/act-three-0

• Who is the only other president to serve two non-consecutive terms in the United States? Grover Cleveland https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/grover-cleveland/

Segment two

• Regarding voter turnout: In Dearborn, MI, where 55% of the residents are Middle Eastern, Trump won 42.5% and Harris took 36%. Jill Stein got 18% and voter turnout was smaller than 2020

• Discussed on the show today: “The Important Virtue That Brought Donald Trump Back” https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-important-virtue-that-brought-donald-trump-back/

• From Ed today: The people who are really great salespeople say, “Yeah I'm gonna fail 70% of the time. So what. That's just the way it works.”

• Was this the first “podcast presidency”? https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2024/podcast-role-presidential-election-results-trump-rogan/

Segment three

• At the start of the segment, Ed had a great quote… “Polls drool. Election markets rule.”

• The betting market aggregator run by John Stossel (former TSOE guest, episode 204) and Maxim Lott is an aggregate of individual betting markets. More here: https://electionbettingodds.com/

• The Harris campaign and allied groups spent $1.9 billion on ads. The Trump campaign and allied groups spent $1.6 billion. Between the time Harris entered and November 1, Democrats outspent Republicans on presidential ads alone by $460 million.

Segment four

• The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across the Political Divides https://amzn.to/40JZ2hz

• From Jonah Goldberg in The Dispatch, “The gender gap stuff is real” https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfile/the-end-of-victimism/

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