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The Political Junkie On Which Of Today’s Issues Will Persist Into November

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,
Amanda Magnus
Published June 26, 2020 at 1:29 PM EDT
The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked nationwide outrage and brought attention to systemic racism in the U.S. Will this issue persist into November?
The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked nationwide outrage and brought attention to systemic racism in the U.S. Will this issue persist into November?

 

The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked nationwide outrage and brought attention to systemic racism in the U.S. Will this issue persist into November?
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The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked nationwide outrage and brought attention to systemic racism in the U.S. Will this issue persist into November?

American voters have a notoriously short political memory. The United States is struggling to come to terms with the inequities highlighted by the coronavirus pandemic and the recent police killings of numerous Black people — and some pundits are wondering which of the issues front of mind today will influence the upcoming elections in November.

Host Frank Stasio and the Political Junkie Ken Rudin talk about this week's political news.

Host Frank Stasio talks to Political Junkie Ken Rudin about what we can glean from this week’s election results. Rudin also shares the latest on who is in the running to be former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate after Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced she was withdrawing her name from consideration. And Rudin shares his analysis of the latest presidential polls, which show presumptive Democratic nominee Biden with a widening lead over President Donald Trump. 

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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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Amanda Magnus
Amanda Magnus grew up in Maryland and went to high school in Baltimore. She became interested in radio after an elective course in the NYU journalism department. She got her start at Sirius XM Satellite Radio, but she knew public radio was for her when she interned at WNYC. She later moved to Madison, where she worked at Wisconsin Public Radio for six years. In her time there, she helped create an afternoon drive news magazine show, called Central Time. She also produced several series, including one on Native American life in Wisconsin. She spends her free time running, hiking, and roller skating. She also loves scary movies.
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