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AirTalk Nov. 3, 2026
Today's show: AirTalk host Larry Mantle discusses Election Day with LAist reporters on the ground, election analysis on local and state races, the Supreme Court's rejection of Trump's voter roll request, registrars check in, latest in polling data and Election Day traditions.
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Boots on the ground: LAist on Election Day
As Southern Californian voters prepare to head to the polls, we check in with our LAist reporters about what they’re seeing on the ground. We're joined by correspondent Adolfo Guzman Lopez and senior reporter
Mariana Dale.
The biggest races to watch in LA and California
The L.A. mayoral election is tight with mayoral candidate Nithya Raman and incumbent Karen Bass neck and neck, according to recent polling. Californians are also voting for a new governor between Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra. We check in on those races and more with Sara Sadhwani, associate professor of politics at Pomona College, and Marisa Lagos, KQED politics correspondent.
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s effort to separate California ballots
The U.S. The Supreme Court Monday decided not to intervene in President Donald Trump's request to separate 20,000 California ballots. The administration has claimed those voters are likely noncitizens. This latest update follows similar attempts by Trump in other states. We get the latest with Shawn Hubler, Los Angeles bureau chief for the New York Times.
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Checking in with LA and Orange County registrars
Polls are open this morning in California and will close at 8 p.m. As early data continues to be collected, we check in with Dean Logan, Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk for L.A. County, and Bob Page, Registrar of Voters for Orange County.
The latest polling data in LA and Orange counties
It’s always hard to predict where the vote will land, but there are indicators based on the biggest issues voters are responding to. So as we enter Election Day — what are the biggest issues voters are focused on and have they shifted at all? We talk with Jon Gould, dean of social ecology at UC Irvine and director of the UCI-OC Poll, and Fernando Guerra, professor of political science and Chicana/o Latina/o studies at Loyola Marymount University.
What’s your Election Day tradition?
We ask listeners what their Election Day tradition is. Maybe it's getting up early to vote on the day with your family and getting breakfast after. Maybe it has to do with when you vote. Do you fill out your mail-in ballot early and drop it off a week before? Do you wait until the last minute? Give us a call at (866) 893-5722 or email us at atcomments@laist.com.
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