322 | Jeremi Suri: America's Unfinished War Over Democracy

The Realignment

Saager Enjeti, Technology, Policy, News, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, Politics, News Commentary, Public Policy, U.s. Politics, National Security, Economics

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Jeremi Suri, author of Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy and The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office, joins The Realignment to discuss the history of debates over how America should implement its democratic ideals. Jeremi and Marshall also discuss how and why the "democracy" issue defined the midterms in battleground states, expanding responsiveness within the political system, and his critiques of the status quo.

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0:00.0	Marshall here, welcome back to the Realignment.
0:03.0	Today's episode is part of the Realignment's daily series covering the big themes that drove
0:13.2	2022.
0:14.2	If you're enjoying the daily episodes and would like to support the work the team's putting
0:18.0	in this month, go to reallignment.supercars.com or check the link at the top of the show notes
0:24.8	where you can subscribe for a monthly, yearly or lifetime membership.
0:29.0	Today's episode is focused on democracy, both the fight over its meaning, expansion, and
0:35.3	how and why it mattered during the 2022 midterms.
0:38.0	Revoters, even Republican on ones in swing states, didn't support candidates who supported
0:43.3	efforts to mess with the results in 2024 or who refused to concede defeat, like Carrie
0:49.7	Laken Arizona or Doug Mastrano and Pennsylvania.
0:54.2	I'm speaking with UT Austin Professor Jeremy Surrey, most recently he's the author of Civil
0:59.0	War by other means, America is long and unfinished right for democracy, and the impossible
1:04.5	presidency, the rise and fall of America's highest office.
1:08.3	He also hosts the This Is Democracy podcast out of UT Austin with his son.
1:13.9	Later during this series, I'll explore the democracy, question, and topic with a guest
1:17.8	on the right.
1:18.8	All that said, huge thank you to Lincoln Network for supporting the work and of course to
1:23.1	everyone who is pushing me through the daily series.
1:25.7	We're very excited to do this.
1:26.8	If you've privileged on I mean that genuine way, hope you all enjoy this episode.
1:44.8	Jeremy Surrey, welcome to the realignment.
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