One Week Later Post-Election Special: Election Deniers Lose; How Did the Polls Do?; NY State Sen. Jessica Ramos; NYC's Racial Justice Ballot Measures

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 15, 2022

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Election deniers -- many endorsed by former President Trump -- didn't do so well at the polls last week, and voting was relatively smooth nationwide. Nick Corasaniti, domestic correspondent covering national politics for The New York Times, talks about the possibility that the threat they posed to democracy is waning or even over.

  • Lee Miringoff, faculty member of political science and director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, and Jessica Taylor, Senate and governors editor for The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, talk about how well - or not - the polls did in capturing voters' views ahead of the midterms, and how the industry is changing in response to criticism.

  • New York State Senator Jessica Ramos (D, District 13 - Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and parts of Astoria and Woodside in Queens) offers a post-midterm election debrief and a progressive view of the future ahead for state Democrats.

  • NYC voters passed a number of racial justice ballot measures in last week's election. Jennifer Jones Austin, chair of the NYC Racial Justice Commission and chief executive officer of Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, discusses these initiatives in more detail, and what they mean for the future of racial justice in NYC.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as soon as they are available.

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