And we are back.

With another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour. I'm Matt Kittle's senior

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Our guest today is ESPN co-founder and longtime independent pollster. You know the name, Scott Rasmussen, author of the new book

Out of Touch, The Elite 1%. And the Battle for America's Soul. Scott, welcome to this edition

of the Federalist Radio Hour. It's great to be with you. And as we were saying ahead of time,

you know, it's hard to find interesting things to talk about in these boring political days we're living through.

I know. Isn't Trump 2.0 just a big yawner? Like drinking from a fire hose, my man. Every day there's something going on, something definitely to talk about.

And I think your book really covers what's central to these times.

You argue this, and I think it's an interesting argument.

We think about red states and blue states and Trump derangement syndrome and, you know, the left, the radical left and the far right and all of these sorts of things.

But your proposition here is that America is not a 50-50 nation.

It's a 10-10-80 nation,

and the elite class running our institutions

has drifted dangerously from the 80% of Americans

who still hold to the founding ideals.

What do you mean when you say 10-10- 80 nation? Well, there are 10% of voters who are on the

political left and they're active warriors and they are engaged in a bitter war with 10% on the

right. And they are fighting for their teams. And at some point, they've become so wrapped up

in beating the other team that they've lost sight of the need to represent the 80%. And they've

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