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Podcast: KQED's Forum
Episode: Making Sense of the Election with James Fallows
Description: In a recent post on Substack, writer and longtime political observer James Fallows wrote, âBy the standards of any presidential race in modern times, Kamala Harris ran a very âgoodâ campaign⌠By those same standards, Trump ran a very bad campaign⌠And none of it mattered.â So, what did matter on election day? And, how does the Bay Area make sense of an election where the country voted overwhelmingly against one of our regionâs most prominent politicians, Kamala Harris? Fallows joins Forum to help us understand what happened in the election and to discuss his recent Wired article, âAfter the Electio...