Podcast / Start Making Sense / Oct 9, 2024

The Polls and Us—Plus, How a Dem Wins in a Red District

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Rick Perlstein on polls and Marc Cooper on Representative Gleusenkamp Perez’s campaign in Washington.

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The Polls–and Us; plus How A Dem Wins in a Red District | Start Making Sense
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The polls have had disastrous failures for decades, but people continue to focus on them; Rick Perlstein has a better idea: ‘don’t follow polls—organize.’

Also: Democrat Marie Gleusenkamp Perez won a House seat in a Trump district, pointing the way for others. Marc Cooper analyzes her current reelection campaign in southwestern Washington State, starting from the fact that she’s a working class woman in a rural area.

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Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) participates in the Bipartisan Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act news conference in the US Capitol on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.

Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) participates in the Bipartisan Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act news conference in the US Capitol on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.

(Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The polls have had disastrous failures for decades, but people continue to focus on them. Rick Perlstein has a better idea: “Don’t follow polls—organize.” He’s on the podcast to discuss.

Also on this episode: Democrat Marie Gleusenkamp Perez won a House seat in a Trump district, pointing the way for others. Marc Cooper joins Start Making Sense to analyze her current reelection campaign in southwestern Washington State, starting from the fact that she’s a working-class woman in a rural area.

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Winning in Wisconsin, and in the Courts | Start Making Sense
byThe Nation Magazine

The Wisconsin Supreme Court election tested the political power of Musk’s money, and voters rejected his candidate. The results have huge implications for the midterms. John Nichols has our analysis. 

Also: A big victory in federal district court: Trump cannot shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Rob Weissman of Public Citizen will explain.

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Jon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.

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