Air Date: 9/24/2019
Today we take a look at the 2020 electorate. Not the election, not the candidates, the electorate - the people voting.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: The New Voters of 2020 with Steve Phillips - Start Making Sense with Jon Wiener - Air Date 5-8-19
We need to consider the voters and the changes in the electorate since 2016. Especially significant: young people of color.
When it comes to elections there’s always a key voting bloc that gets the media attention. If candidate X wins the FILL IN THE BLANK they’ll win the election. Latino, White, Working Class, but never Black, and that needs to change.
Alicia Garza discusses research and advocacy organization dedicated to transforming black communities, talks about surveying 31,000 black voters in an attempt to understand what "black voters want" from a presidential candidate.
Ch. 4: Young Voter Turnout Surges - Election Ride Home - Air Date 4-24-19
Youth voter turnout is way up.
Ch. 5: Hispanic Population At An All-Time High But Growth Is Slowing - The Takeaway - Air Date 7-11-19
We analyze the U.S. Hispanic population demographically, economically, and politically, and look into what this means for the Latino vote in 2020.
Ch. 6: Electoral motivations of Evangelical Christians - Pod Save the People - Air Date 7-29-19
DeRay, Brittany, Sam and Clint discuss a survey of evangelical Christians on their perspectives of a changing America
Ch. 7: American Evangelicals with Bob Roberts - Interfaith Voices - Air Date 6-6-19
Bob Roberts discusses the divide in the Evangelical religion between generations and how much more inclusive younger evangelicals are.
Young Republicans want climate action, but they disagree with how to do it.
When it comes to elections there’s always a key voting bloc that gets the media attention. If candidate X wins the FILL IN THE BLANK they’ll win the election. Latino, White, Working Class, but never Black, and that needs to change.
Ch. 10: The Voter Blame Game - #sundaycivics with L. Joy Williams - Air Date 8-5-19
The voter blame game has begun with talking heads blaming voters who stayed home in 2016 for Trump’s win. But shaming voters is not a winning strategy, only voter engagement produces voter turnout
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 11: Analyzing the corporate structure - Dave from Olympia, WA
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 12: Final comments on seating black people at a restaurant and Bernie’s grumpy attitude
Bonus Clip: Bernie and Black Voters with Malaika Jabali and Wendy Muse - The Dig from Jacobin Radio - Air Date 5-30-19
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Sanders isn’t unpopular with Black voters. In fact, he has done rather well with young Black people. But to win the primary and beat Biden, he must do a lot better.
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Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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