Chasing Opinion Polls or Shaping Opinions?
Description
Trent and Caitlin talk with communications strategist Lexi Koren about the Democratic Party obsession with blaming wokeness and “the groups.” Should they be listened to? Why not? What should Democrats do instead?
Resources:
The Rhetoric of Reaction https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674768680
Bill Maher on Pod Save America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEKyn9NL46U
Trans rights as “hard to defend” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/transgender-rights-election-public-opinon/680813/
NYT on immigration https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/politics/democrats-immigration-trump.html
Third Way on immigration https://www.thirdway.org/memo/running-on-immigration-the-gallego-blueprint
Briahna Joy Gray: Not the hill to die on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyIqL2Jh8xk