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Election Day: Make or break in swing states, Florida, Wisconsin; Plus: Organizing for election protests, and a police crackdown; and State Houses to watch

US presidential election 2020 polls, as of Nov 3, 2020 (Source: Wikipedia)

0:08 – Election Day: on the ground in Florida

Mitch Perry (@MitchPerry18) is a political reporter for Spectrum Bay News 9 in Tampa, FL.

0:19 – Election Day: on the ground in Wisconsin

John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation.

0:34 – What to watch in national politics

Steve Phillips (@StevePtweets) is the founder of Democracy in Color, he’s host of the podcast “Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips,” and author of the book Brown Is the New White.

1:08 – Getting ready for election protests, possible violence

liz suk (@liz_suk) is policy director for Oakland Rising Action, which mobilizes and educates voters in the flatlands – East and West Oakland – around issues of social justice.

1:34 – State legislative races to watch

David Dayen (@ddayen) is executive editor of the American Prospect, an independent progressive magazine.