It’s Dictatorship or Democracy (with Daria Dawson)

The Suburban Women Problem

Red Wine & Blue

News, Kids & Family, Politics, Parenting, Government

4.8 • 850 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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The past week has been tough. The presidential debate did not exactly go as we hoped. The Supreme Court ruled that Trump has absolute immunity for “official acts” as President. But all of that only makes the election in November more crucial. The choice is literally between a dictatorship and a democracy, and it’s essential that we encourage everyone we know to vote. Which brings us to our interview of the week: Daria Dawson, the Executive Director of America Votes. Daria explains why our vot...

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0:00.0	We owe it to ourselves to not only vote, but to organize within our own households,
0:05.9	organize within our own families, to set a voting plan.
0:09.4	Because, again, if they did not care so much about your voting, they would not be doing
0:15.0	things to suppress it.
0:26.7	We got to address the suburban women problem because it's real.
0:30.7	What do an economist?
0:33.4	A microbiologist and state representative.
0:36.7	And a fierce advocate for democracy have in common?
0:38.5	We're all suburban moms.
0:43.9	The far right is trying to win over suburban women by pretending they're reasonable, even relatable.
0:45.6	We're smarter than that.
0:51.3	Join us for a political journey through the eyes of suburban women, one conversation at a time.
1:00.6	Welcome to the Suburban Women Problem, a podcast from red, wine, and blue.
1:10.0	Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining us. I'm Jasmine Clark. I'm Rachel Vindman. I'm Amanda Weinstein.
1:12.4	And you're listening to The Subur problem. The 2024 election is getting closer and closer and I know we all have feelings
1:19.7	about the debate and we'll definitely talk about that in a minute. But what's more important
1:24.2	than tuning into the media circus is talking to everyone in our lives
1:29.0	about voting. This week, we got the chance to talk to Daria Dawson, the executive director
1:34.7	of America votes. Even if the debate and the recent news has us feeling down, the stakes haven't
1:43.0	changed and getting out the vote is more important than
1:46.7	ever. All right. So let's get into it. The last few days have been, I feel like rough is an
1:53.9	understatement, but I'm just going to use that word for lack of vocabulary at the moment. But like,
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