Tipping The Scales of the U.S. Election: The Daily Political Roundtable

With Election Day fast approaching, polls show the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump to be the closest in a generation.
The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman and Nate Cohn break down the state of the race and discuss the last-minute strategies that might tip the scales.
This conversation for “The Daily” was recorded before the International Longshoremen’s Association suspended its strike, which closed down major ports on the East and Gulf Coasts.
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[@morganbeabout7499]

This is what it feels like when you see your elementary school teacher outside of school for the first time.

[@lawrencetchen]

And they are adorable! I love it

[@johnnyonline]

I've been listening to Michael "This is what you need... toknowtoday" Barbaro on The Daily for years and he does not look anything like I imagined. Such is life.

[@WilliamEnclosure]

Brooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo realllllllllll

[@Marmarking2013]

😂😂😂 this is exactly why I went back and forth on seeing his face

[@willmarine1287]

Yeah, I feel the same way as when I saw a picture Stephen Dubner for the first time.

[@mattdavidson87]

I think I always imagined the dude on the thumbnail for the Ezra Klein show.

[@jakubminarik108]

Bro it's "here's what else you need... toknowtoday".

[@americanexpat8792]

Longshoremen have suspended the strike. We are already out of date.

[@nilviod45]

On the released episode of ‘The Daily,’ they do update this piece of info.

[@stephenphillips6245]

62 percent raise over 12 yrs...smaller details need to be ironed out.

[@jonahsahn]

I have been listening to The Daily for YEARS now... maybe since it began... and seeing a face to the voice threw me WAY off. Omg... I think I'm still in shock.

[@lawrencetchen]

The longer we listen to someone without seeing them, the more solid our imagined visage becomes. That surprise was all of us 😂

[@Travelingmaven]

It’s amazing to see all of your beautiful faces when I’ve known your voices for years.

[@hohaiapoutu9424]

200k jobs added in last month inflation dropping.Wall St continues to rise ,I'm in Australia and can see these things. this is supposed to be a top newspaper .havent heard single policy apart taxing imports, deporting workers of unwanted jobs

[@duo315]

I thought of the next one: Mikes of the round table A ground-breaking Michaels-only political discussion

[@RobertEskew]

Special Counsel *didn't* "inject" his J6 filing into the race. He submitted his filing under seal to Judge Chutkan's court. She made the decision to unseal most of it and make it public.

[@westentrance]

More beating on a dead horse. These 95% lawfare shams don’t mean squat to most voters.

[@ikbo]

Daily on KZbin!!! Lets go

[@aarronwalter]

Love this video roundtable format! More please!

[@Dr.Schlitz]

Oops, the strike is over.

[@townee23]

strike is over until jan. employment is steady. dow at record. inflation at 2.5%

[@timdo6252]

If only these facts were repeated as much as falsehoods, it wouldn't be close. The media must have their horserace.

[@Jay-OSRS]

lol you don’t actually believe inflation is at 2.5%, right? Biggest load of malarkey I ever heard

[@miguelvelez7221]

​@@Jay-OSRSPlease name the precise policy you think was passed that CAUSED inflation not just here but around the world. YA'LL NEVER CAN PROVIDE THE ANSWER.

[@l-oiseau]

Why, in the course of talking about Trump's age, is there no consideration of the very real and scary likelihood that JD Vance might end up as President, sooner rather than later?

[@Nerdle777]

Greatly prefer the video format

[@MeerxG]

Love seeing the video format for this, feels like I’m in the room with you all!

[@elliotferguson4327]

It weirdly looks like Michael's voice is dubbed to me because I've listened to him so much, but haven't ever seen him!

[@Jay-OSRS]

Please more of these!!!

[@dominicscott8984]

Growing up in NYC, my dream was to work for the New York Times as an investigative reporter. As a young black man I knew there would be many obstacles to making that happen. But watching these NYT reporters at this round table…(while obviously these are some of the best in the country) I’m not sure I would have quite fit in…they all seem to have a sadness in their eyes, their voices almost melancholy during the discussion, all of them stern-faced, serious and white…😮 would the nature of the job had sucked the fun and vitality out of my life the way it seems to have done to them?? Hmmm, just a thought.

[@andrewb8235]

As a black person, your prospects of getting the job are better than if you were white or asian.

[@bethlandau5658]

Michael Barbaro, YOU have a face? YOU wear glasses? I didn't know you ACTUALLY existed as a person.

[@fleischersgrasscuttingserv6441]

if you didn't know Joe Biden was too old, you shouldn't be in political journalism. Have you seen Trump hit a golf ball? Biden couldn't swing a tennis racket ten years ago.

[@Iammarcus4444]

Love you guys on spotify, but please do more of this!

[@seangharib3707]

It's so amazing that just within 24hrs from this podcast things changed so much in terms of economic good news and the strike ending that helped Harris campaign and as a result made this NYT roundtable analysis so moot and so irrelevant!!

[@Skybuilt]

Love this new history-making format! ;)

[@alanrose3843]

Ive listened to the Daily so many many times. Thanks for doing a video. So thoughtful!

[@vinodmathew3036]

Finally, we could see Michael Barbaro

[@Xoksikhumalo]

I've always been intimidated by Michael Barbaro's voice and now that's all gone

[@marcuslopez8486]

when did fox news get so grey & beige?

[@AdamHaas]

Aaaaand the strike is over.

[@Dr_Toboggan_MD]

I don't want to see him, I don't want to see him. Michael Barbaro remains a mythical legend, regardless of which actors you hire.

[@daisy1142]

In Florida, you can't serve on a jury past 70. Most states have an age limit around 70, so perhaps if you are not fit to serve on a jury, you are also not fit to serve in public office past 70 either.

[@AdamHaas]

Is someone live controlling the mics? Why wasn't the audio levels adjusted in post? Or why not just put a single microphone out of frame pointing down to apture everyone. Very odd audio quality.

[@thellewelynmoss]

Where were the levels off? This is exactly how every roundtable podcast setup works. Besides, how would you adjust audio levels in post if you have a single microphone capturing everyone?

[@EmilyHampton-un7et]

I went back and listened several times. He definitely said "all along the Eastern Seaborn"

[@thellewelynmoss]

Mr. Barbaro's gone gray! Looks good sir

[@mdknapp3]

This was great... So awesome to see Michael B and the usual suspects on video. I just took a voluntary severance package and am looking for ways to cut corners, but my NYT subscription is not near the top of the list... Especially after something like this!

[@paulinecarlon3916]

I love the Daily

[@jed2473]

So strange listening to Michael talk when I've only ever heard his voice before

[@Liam_xxii]

this is so weird but i like it

[@chambersstevens3135]

Wow this video dated fast. The strike is over!

[@Kiers84]

Might need to edit down that first five minutes

[@jonahsahn]

No.

[@europa_bambaataa]

23:18 "this whole thing could swing on Omaha" .. that's a new one

[@wendelwise1289]

Nice voice Michael

[@numemo]

wow I thought Michael Barbaro was AI this whole time hahah

[@andrewmccarthy110]

The strike is over

[@TimelesslyModern]

Maggie looks younger than she did when she launched Confidence Man! MSM got the connects to looking youthful af WILD.

[@s.dubois1191]

What's with red mugs?

[@jgyuri]

I wish they had a bigger table

[@EmilyHampton-un7et]

Smaller table makes it easier to film with multiple cameras

[@denisehall4818]

Strike averted already.

[@illmf]

6:12 if it does matter to these voters, to me, they would know who America can influence to help stop this > and just by the rhetoric they should know which party wants to help guide and who want to be hands off. Maybe I'm misreading that specific population

[@HavendaleBlvd80]

Jose Vega is better than ANY journalist at your rag.

[@UnnaturalThinking-so6wq]

Sorry Micheal but I've been thinking you're younger 😢

[@lastriotgrrl]

This looks like NYTs as brought to you by Whit Stillman.

[@MonkeyBall2453]

The amount of vocal fry I'm hearing in this video is truly insufferable! 😖

[@c.a.savage5689]

Truly so. I thought only white and black girls from California were capable of such nail-scratching noise.

[@K_Super999]

The most arrogant people in the world 😅

[@SouthCountyDreaming]

Michael Babarro looks NOTHING like how I thought he would.

[@MsBlushing24]

I just really don’t think his voice matches his everything else. Wow this is SO TRIPPY.

[@andysofly1]

That’s what he looks like. Wow!!

[@TimeTravelerBCAD]

First last second video

[@redpenink12]

I don’t give a f about immigrants if they wanna come here good for them. Why DT whole thing about hating on them? Seems like a caricature of South Park episode

O melhor Presidente da historia do Brasil vai voltar em 26. TRUMP 24. BOSLONARO 26.

[@toniodejimi3905]

my avengers endgame

[@MrDannyHeim]

that lady never laughs

[@americanexpat8792]

She never even smiles - ever.

[@jahnsgar]

Why should she have to?

[@MrDannyHeim]

@@jahnsgar for kicks

[@c.a.savage5689]

​@@MrDannyHeim Off camera, my friend. Off camera.

[@c.a.savage5689]

She's not there to be liked, or make friends.

[@miguelvelez7221]

😂😂😂 JFC NYTimes... Why have you so obviously sold out to MAGAs? This video and the discussion was figuratively spoiled milk as soon as it was posted. 😂😂😂

[@loyalfilm]

Overall very balanced discussion. Good job NYT 👍

[@carlpolen7437]

Really!?!? Wow. So delusional. No one, I mean NO ONE in the middle of the American political spectrum or the right trusts these people because of all their massive political bias.

[@76Excel]

Trump 2024

[@danieldimarinomusic7754]

Absolutely nobody cares about January 6. Let it go.

[@miguelvelez7221]

Nah. And you should care if "LAW AND ORDER" matter to you. Get your dignity back son. You sold it cheap to an old insufferable lifetime sociopathic grifting con man piece of human garbage.

[@freddyj.hawkins220]

Q: The Democratic Party? What is it good for? A: Absolutely nothing!

[@hollywoodambience]

the IDF news agency

[@toddrandall3395]

I supported Harris until I watched her first sit down interview with the ABC affiliate in Pennsylvania. Yikes! She's really not good at this. Sad that the dems didn't run the Michigan governor ... I think she could have beaten Trump. May the best candidate win!

[@richardbocanegra5945]

Did you watch the debate? Harris mopped the floor with trump..!!

[@miguelvelez7221]

😂😂😂 MAGAs are always pretending to be other people and do things online. Sad. 😂😂😂😂

[@richardbocanegra5945]

Lol... all the hot air, there was no strike. What a complete waste of time.. joke = nyt😂

[@jamievaughn1485]

It’s on hold, doesn’t mean they won’t strike in Jan, nothing is solved yet.

[@cadmdhpro8779]

To me, the dems need to go back to'their previous self. Until then, Trump is way better for US foreign policy (and maybe intern). His health, really ? Remember who is leading now ? (And I am a european, non partisan.)

[@amenrah7]

Go watch the Helsinki summit.

[@plumerjr]

Trump better on foreign policy? There must be some good drugs in Europe.

[@cadmdhpro8779]

@@plumerjr the polarization of the World is easier to manage this way. It is only a point of view, though. As a european, dems are preferable.

[@c.a.savage5689]

​@@cadmdhpro8779 As a European myself, l can only imagine you favor a Trump presidency because that will mean the end of American dominance on the world stage? You are aware that the economic chaos he promotes will affect Europe as well?

[@miguelvelez7221]

😂😂😂 There's Reactionary Racist Goofballs all over the, huh? 😂😂😂😂 Sell that excrement to the tourists son. Better yet get your dignity back son. You sold it cheap.

[@DjWellDressedMan]

Choice = One Corporate Party or a different Corporate Party. example: The USA in 2024 does not have a Public Single-Payer Healthcare System that much poorer countries have had since the 1960's.

[@alizamemi]

historical. unprecedented. inaugural. 😩