What is the current state of the race as voters in the United States go into election day? When can we expect a result? Which swing states will declare first, and what should we be reading into early results? Justin, Marianna, Sarah and Anthony are all in the U.S. with their insight and analysis, plus what they’ll each be looking out for on election night itself. Plus, election night snacks - what is Sarah scared to try? HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent GET IN TOUCH: • Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB • Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 • Email Americast@bbc.co.uk • Or use #Americast This episode was made by Chris Flynn and Purvee Pattni. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app. You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers. US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155 Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below. The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm
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Hey, AmeriCasters, it's getting very close to the big US election and before we get going with the podcast properly, I just want to let you know that we're going to be making daily episodes at the moment, taking the AmericasT Pop up podcast studio on the road every single day all the way to election night and maybe even beyond.
If you want to be notified as soon as new episodes drop in our podcast feed, please make sure you're subscribed to AmericaSt on BBC Sounds and have push notifications turned on on in your phone settings.
That way me, Justin, Sarah and Anthony will land direct onto your phone as soon as it's ready.
Just what you've always wanted.
Anyway, here's today's episode.
Enjoy.
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Huge moment for us, an emotional moment.
After everything, after all the buildup, after all the chat, after all the stuff we got wrong, after all the occasional things we got right, we've reached the day.
It's actually Monday night here in the us but by the time you hear this, it will be election day.
And we aren't stopping, of course, because you're going to hear all about the results as they come in and the reaction to those results during the course of the next hours.
Potentially days, who knows, maybe months.
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There was blood pouring everywhere and yet I had God on my side.
So I decided the best way forward.
Is to pass the torch to a new generation.
You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?
We're effectively run in this country by a bunch of childless cat ladies.