1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:24,140 Hello everyone, my name is Frank Driscoll and welcome to Driscoll's election dissection, 2 00:00:24,140 --> 00:00:27,520 your election analysis for Across the Circus. 3 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:33,140 I hope you are all doing well today wherever you are and I hope you all had a great holiday 4 00:00:33,140 --> 00:00:34,140 season. 5 00:00:34,140 --> 00:00:38,800 I hope you're having a wonderful start to the new year 2024 which is going to be a really 6 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,200 big year in terms of elections especially for our little program. 7 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,520 So it's been a while since we've made a show here. 8 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:50,860 It was right before election day 2023 and I would like to go over everything that went 9 00:00:50,860 --> 00:00:54,120 on that day but you know we'd probably be here a while if we did. 10 00:00:54,120 --> 00:01:01,080 Well basically it was a great night for incumbents like Andy Beshear and Tate Reeves and them 11 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:05,720 and nearly every prediction that was set out came true. 12 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:10,560 No real upsets here so yeah you can go back and listen to that if you want to and do your 13 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,760 own research of how they came up. 14 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:14,840 So we're going to move right along. 15 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:23,000 In just a short time the 2024 presidential primary nominating process will begin. 16 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,800 It all starts on the 15th of January, that's a Monday, where the Iowa caucuses will take 17 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,920 place for the Republican presidential nominating calendar. 18 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,600 Now you're probably wondering well aren't the Democrats doing that too? 19 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,160 No they are not. 20 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,440 You see the Democrats have changed their primary calendar up. 21 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:45,680 They want South Carolina to be their first primary and that caused a real dilemma with 22 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,200 the state of New Hampshire who usually always has their primary first. 23 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:55,720 So the New Hampshire primary is not being sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee 24 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,560 which means Joe Biden is actually not a candidate on that ballot. 25 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:03,320 You can write his name in but if you're a Democrat in New Hampshire you have to do that 26 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:04,680 if you want to vote for him. 27 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:11,280 So so far it's been a fascinating nominating season and I would like to say this about 28 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,700 the presidential primary calendar for this year. 29 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:20,720 If you're turning into this program and you're looking for a weekly in-depth analysis of 30 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:26,880 the presidential primary nominating calendar for this year you are not going to find it. 31 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,080 Let me explain why. 32 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:34,720 Now for one thing the presidential primary this year seemed to be somewhat evident. 33 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:39,720 Donald Trump is polling very high against his numerous challengers Ron DeSantis, Nikki 34 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,680 Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, etc. 35 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,920 So much so that it looks very likely that he will win the nomination at this point barring 36 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:51,400 any major consequence with his legal proceedings or what. 37 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:56,880 And plus although Joe Biden has a somewhat formidable challenger in Representative Dean 38 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:02,420 Phillips it doesn't seem likely that Mr. Phillips will make any impact in the Democratic side. 39 00:03:02,420 --> 00:03:04,800 So these aren't going to be close. 40 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:10,520 On top of that you can tune into really any news station on television whether it be on 41 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:16,800 network you know ABC, NBC, CBS, whatever or even on cable CNN, Fox News, News Nation all 42 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:21,480 them or even just go on social media Facebook, ex-formerly Twitter all that stuff. 43 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:26,800 You'll see them talking about the presidential election on a near daily if not hourly basis 44 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:32,960 and you know this program in my opinion has a much more definitive approach where I think 45 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:38,920 it's important to discuss some election contests that aren't getting a lot of talk on the news 46 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:39,920 stations. 47 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,300 Like you saw me talking about on our first show for that matter special elections in 48 00:03:44,300 --> 00:03:45,600 Rhode Island and Utah. 49 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:50,320 If you were living outside of those areas you had no idea what the heck was going on 50 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,680 there and if you remember it's a pretty fascinating stuff if I say so myself. 51 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:59,320 Yeah that's what I intend to keep going with this show so you're not going to see episodes 52 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:04,400 every week about the presidential primaries but you will see episodes here and then about 53 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,760 some other elections going on throughout the states on the primary calendar. 54 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:14,640 Case in point in the US Senate there are set to be some very close contests. 55 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:19,840 Arizona I believe is going to be one Ohio, Montana as well as some close primaries as 56 00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:24,160 well as one in California and the Maryland primary should be fascinating too. 57 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,280 As well as some governor elections as well that are set to be really close. 58 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:32,040 The one in New Hampshire which a lot of pundits are going to be looking at as well as the 59 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,960 state of North Carolina which is a lot closer than you would imagine believe it or not. 60 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,280 And something I hope to branch into this year is elections internationally. 61 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:44,960 For example the US is not the only country to have a presidential election. 62 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:49,100 The country of Mexico will have one this year too and I would like to have a little discussion 63 00:04:49,100 --> 00:04:50,100 about that. 64 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:54,280 Get a little insight from our neighbors south of the border and see how they're voting in 65 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:58,280 this year and perhaps our friends across the pond too. 66 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:02,320 There's word going on that the United Kingdom might have a snap election this calendar year. 67 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,820 I would love to talk about that if given the chance. 68 00:05:04,820 --> 00:05:09,200 And of course something I love to talk about as you may know from this program the special 69 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,640 elections including one in New York. 70 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,320 The third congressional district there will be a special election in just a few weeks 71 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,360 time and I will definitely have a show right before that. 72 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:23,660 So that is a general look of how this year is going to go. 73 00:05:23,660 --> 00:05:29,160 And I hope you'll be here to listen and maybe learn something new about the political process 74 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,640 throughout this great big country. 75 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:36,340 And lastly although I may not be dissecting it I would like to say this if you are a Republican 76 00:05:36,340 --> 00:05:41,700 voter in the state of Iowa or a Democratic voter in the state of New Hampshire or really 77 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:47,680 any primary coming up whether you're a Republican voter or a Democratic voter I really do not 78 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,360 care who you vote for but I do care that you vote. 79 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:52,360 So please do. 80 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,180 And thank you for listening to Driscoll's election dissection. 81 00:05:55,180 --> 00:06:01,720 If you'd like to learn more about the show go online to algidproductions.com across the 82 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:06,240 circus and be sure to listen to us on any podcasting form you like. 83 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:32,480 Thank you all for listening and I'll see you all very soon. 84 00:06:37,240 --> 00:08:02,040 Driscoll's Election Dissection was brought to you by Algid Productions LLC. 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