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How Trump Loses: The One Real Path to a Harris Win, Explained by a Pro

Veteran political journalist Ronald Brownstein lays out in detail what has to happen for Kamala Harris to defeat Donald Trump, why it’s tough but doable—and what could still go wrong.

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Vice President Kamala Harris in Erie, Pennsylvania, on October 14

With two weeks to go, the presidential race couldn’t be closer. But if Kamala Harris is to win, how exactly would that happen? Veteran journalist Ron Brownstein has a new piece in The Atlantic laying out what Harris’s path to victory looks like. The short version: She has to run up massive margins in cities and affluent suburbs, while limiting Trump’s gains among nonwhite and working-class white voters. That may sound unsurprising. But the details on how this might unfold are complicated, fraught with uncertainties, and actually plausible, if very difficult. So we invited Brownstein on the show to demystify all of it. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.