The Run-Up
“The Run-Up” is your guide to understanding the 2024 election. Host Astead W. Herndon talks to the people whose decisions will make the difference. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.
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Why It Had to Be Trump
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Why It Had to Be Biden
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Everything You Need to Know About Super Tuesday
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MAGA Thinks the Game Is Rigged. Will They Play?
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‘What If Someone Dies?’ And Other 2024 Questions, Answered
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Do Not Invite Donald Trump or Joe Biden on This Date
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How Political Polls Really Work
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Why Donald Trump Won Nevada Before Any Votes Were Cast
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Will ‘Cease-Fire Now’ Drown Out ‘Biden 2024’?
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The ‘People’s President’ vs. the Donor Class
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Everything You Need to Know About New Hampshire
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It Was Only One State, Right? So Why Does This Primary Feel Over?
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The 'Run-Up' Guide to Iowa
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‘Right Where We Want Him, 30 Points Up’: Chasing Trump in Iowa
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Is the 2024 Election Already Heading to the Supreme Court?
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In a Song of the Summer, Clues for January in Iowa
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How Iowa Learned to Love Trump
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Why Anti-Trump Republicans Can’t Get on the Same Page
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Inside Donald Trump’s Dominance of the G.O.P. Primary
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Is Donald Trump Going to Prison?
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Are Black Voters Leaving Democrats Behind?
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An Interview With Kamala Harris on What’s at Stake in 2024
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The Biden Campaign Wants Democrats to Calm Down
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What the Last Bellwether in America Thinks Will Happen in 2024
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‘The Run-Up’ Returns, Every Week Through Election Day
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The Run-Up Goes to Iowa
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The Democrat Saying What Others Won’t
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The Case for Democrats to Stop Playing Defense
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The New Terms of Abortion Politics
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The Fight to Define Extremism
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The Backup Plan for Lost Voters
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The Anti-Trump Republicans (and the Specter of 2016)
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The Trump Inevitability Question
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The Pillow Guy and the R.N.C. Chair
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The New Demands of the MAGA Right
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The Quiet Coronation of Joe Biden
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The Republican Party Sorts Through Its Mess
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The 2024 Election Is Already Here
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The Post-Mortem
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The Midterms
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The Grass Roots, Part 2
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The Grass Roots, Part 1
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The Maps
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The Flip
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The Blueprint
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The Guardrails
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The Republic
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The Autopsy
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The Stakes
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Introducing 'The Run-Up'
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