People around the country talking about the coming four years. Some of them exultant, some of them, as President Obama said Wednesday, "less so."
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This American Vote
Cartoonist Chris Ware and animator John Kuramoto present a cross section of American voters on the big day.
Act One
South Florida
Two police officers who voted for Obama in 2008 explain to Producer Miki Meek why they went for Trump this time around. (4 minutes)
Act Two
Metro-North Train
Producer Neil Drumming talks to someone who was not happy with the results of Tuesday’s
election. Janelle, who’s black, is bracing herself for the coming days. (4 minutes)
Act Three
Trump Tower
Producer Karen Duffin visits someone who actually knows the man who’s going to be President: Donald Trump’s neighbor. (4 minutes)
Act Four
Los Angeles
Producer Jonathan Menjivar listens in on parent-teacher conferences the day after the election at a bilingual school in Los Angeles. (6 minutes)
Act Five
Long Island
For some people, this election wasn’t just about choosing a politician. It was about choosing
their new boss. Producer Stephanie Foo hangs out with two Army Reservists who have very
different opinions about their new Commander-in-Chief. (7 minutes)
Act Six
Times Square
Ira talks to a Muslim woman who tweeted on election night that she was worried she would no longer feel safe wearing a hijab. (4 minutes)
Act Seven
Nicholasville, Kentucky
Donald Trump has promised to get rid of Obamacare. Producer David Kestenbaum talks with
someone who’d lose their insurance. (4 minutes)
Act Eight
Greenville South Carolina
We’ve been talking to Trump voters all year—a time during which they’ve watched their
candidate’s chances evolve from laughable, to likely, to striking distance, to victory. Producer Zoe Chace checks in with a father and son who’ve been Trump supporters since February, when their guy was an underdog. (4 minutes)
Act Nine
Salt Lake City
Elna Baker talks to a Republican woman who voted for Hillary Clinton this year, and has suffered consequences in the Mormon community she lives in. (6 minutes)
Act Ten
New York City
Producer Zoe Chace hung out with some immigration lawyers who are getting calls from their nervous clients. (7 minutes)
Act Eleven
Toledo
On election night, producer Emmanuel Dzotsi was the last person at our office. Just before midnight, he got on the phone to his mom in Ohio, and recorded their conversation. (9 minutes)
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Host Ira Glass spent America’s presidential election in the swing state of Michigan, where he found very little dispute over the ballot count from Republican poll challengers in Detroit now that they are doing the counting themselves. (8 minutes)
Act Four: State College, Part Two
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Act Three: What's A Moderate?
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