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Gina Hinojosa. James Talarico. Troy Jackson. Abdul El-Sayed. Sherrod Brown... the list goes on. While these Democratic winners were different from one another in many ways, they all claim the mantle of left populism, which in the wake of Tuesday's results is arguably becoming the linga franca of an evolving Democratic Party.View quoted post on X
So for our post-election BCB episode (link to follow), we invited on my friend Zach Silk, president of Civic Ventures (billionaire progressive Nick Hanauer's policy and advocacy shop), and co-host of an promising new pod, Pitchfork Politics, to ask him: what is this new populism all about, and what real economic benefits exactly are these newly elected Democrats likely to deliver to the working class voters who swung so hard to the left in this midterm's blue tsunami?
If you're interested in these questions give it a listen, because Zach travels in rarified circles in the Democratic Party's power structure, and because he has a lot of interesting insights into why working class voters have become the core swing constituency in American politics, and how Democrats need to tailor their populism if they actually want to cement their allegiance.
The thing is, at this point, Dems can absorb a modest-sized polling error and win the Senate. Not a large one. But they have leads of >=3.0 points in states totaling 5 flips, plus in all their own seats.View quoted post on X
Speaking of Alaska, look what's happening in Nevada.
A shadow PAC with Republican ties is sending mailers promoting third-party candidate Danielle Ford as the “AOC of Nevada,” falsely implying she has AOC's support, apparently hoping to siphon votes from Democrat Aaron Ford.
AOC has never even spoken to Danielle Ford and is backing Aaron Ford.View quoted post on X
