Could Identity Politics Help Democrats Engage Men?

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In the 2024 election, the Democrats did not have messaging that resonated with men, some say and is part of the reason Kamala Harris lost. Could leaning into identity politics to engage men work for future elections? Those arguing “yes” say focusing on men-related issues could help the Dems reconnect with a demographic that feels left behind. Those arguing “no” say focusing on gender and identity politics divide voters rather than unite them. Now we debate: Could Identity Politics Help Democrats Engage Men? Arguing Yes: Jackson Katz, Educator, Author, and Co-Founder of the Young Men's Research Institute Arguing No: Thomas Chatterton Williams, Staff Writer at The Atlantic; Visiting Professor of Humanities at Bard College; Nonresident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.1	This is open to debate.
0:28.4	I'm John Donvan.
0:29.2	Hi, everybody.
0:29.9	One of the topics we like to look at from time to time and will continue to do so is identity
0:34.1	politics.
0:35.2	And so it is in this episode.
0:37.1	At the core of identity politics is the conceit that you can group voters according to some
0:43.5	essential characteristic they possess.
0:45.5	Their race, their sex, their ethnic origins, their educational level, their geographic region.
0:50.8	And also, it's the belief that you can win elections by playing to those groups and
0:55.4	promising to represent them and their needs. And so in the last election, the Democratic Party
1:00.2	platform specifically named several groups made up of people who matter to the parties would be
1:04.9	policymakers. Native Americans were named, women, people identifying under LGBTQ, the disabled, black and Latino people,
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