Day 43: What was behind the Democrats' defeat?
Mar 03, 2025•18 min
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Episode description
On this episode our US correspondent James Matthews interviews the architect behind the Biden-Harris campaign, which later became the Harris-Walz campaign.
Before the 2024 election campaign, Julie Chavez Rodríguez had been a democratic political strategist for 15 years, seeing Obama into the White House and Biden into his first term.
She shares with James her take on Biden's final push as democratic leader and how they managed the switch to Harris. Plus, James asks if Biden's gaffes and reluctance to step aside cost the Democrats the election and if the party is doing enough to oppose President Trump's administration.
If you've got a question you'd like James, Martha and Mark to answer, you can email it to trump100@sky.uk
Before the 2024 election campaign, Julie Chavez Rodríguez had been a democratic political strategist for 15 years, seeing Obama into the White House and Biden into his first term.
She shares with James her take on Biden's final push as democratic leader and how they managed the switch to Harris. Plus, James asks if Biden's gaffes and reluctance to step aside cost the Democrats the election and if the party is doing enough to oppose President Trump's administration.
If you've got a question you'd like James, Martha and Mark to answer, you can email it to trump100@sky.uk
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