Swing Voters and the Supreme Court Vacancy

Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 9:57 a.m.

b'This episode contains strong language and descriptions of sexual violence. \\n\\nThe death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the ensuing battle to fill her seat is set to dominate American politics in the lead up to the election. A poll conducted for The New York Times before Justice Ginsburg\\u2019s death found voters in the battleground states of Arizona, Maine and North Carolina placed greater trust in Joseph R. Biden Jr. than in President Trump to fill the next Supreme Court vacancy.\\n\\nNow that it\\u2019s longer a hypothetical scenario, what impact will the vacant seat have on the thinking of swing voters?\\n\\nWe take a look at the polling and ask undecided voters whether the death of Justice Ginsburg and the president\\u2019s decision to nominate another justice have affected their voting intention.\\n\\nGuest: Nate Cohn, a domestic correspondent for The Upshot at The New York Times.\\xa0\\n\\nFor more information on today\\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily\\xa0\\n\\nBackground reading:\\xa0In surveys before Justice Ginsburg\\u2019s death, Joe Biden led by a slightly wider margin on choosing the next justice than he did over all against President Trump.'