22 augusti 2026
10 min
A veteran political reporter shares the lessons she learned hearing from swing voters
As a political correspondent, NPR's Ashley Lopez regularly speaks to voters about their worries, and their dreams.
But finding swing voters in swing states — the people who can decide elections — can be a difficult assignment.
For this week’s Reporter’s Notebook, Lopez talks about her larger takeaways from working on NPR’s Swing Voter Project.
This episode was produced by Kai McNamee.
It was edited by Ben Swasey and Adam Raney.
Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.
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But finding swing voters in swing states — the people who can decide elections — can be a difficult assignment.
For this week’s Reporter’s Notebook, Lopez talks about her larger takeaways from working on NPR’s Swing Voter Project.
This episode was produced by Kai McNamee.
It was edited by Ben Swasey and Adam Raney.
Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.
Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.
See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.
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