Battleground States: Election, 2016
On today’s program, we speak with folks on the ground in two battleground states, Ohio and Pennsylvania to get an assessment of what’s going on as we are on the eve of the 2016 election.

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On today’s program, we speak with folks on the ground in two battleground states, Ohio and Pennsylvania to get an assessment of what’s going on as we are on the eve of the 2016 election.
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