Mo Elleithee Talks New Battleground Poll

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🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Mo Elleithee, founding executive director of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service, joins Sarah to talk about the complexities of politics. Results from a new Battleground Poll are in, and it’s clear that most Americans believe that the state of our politics is “really bad.” What happened and what can we do to fix it? Also on the agenda: Alaska’s interesting nonpartisan primary system, and the Democratic National Committee’s recent decision to make states bid for early waivers. Show Notes: -Georgetown Institute of Politics & Public Service Battleground Civility Poll Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dispatch podcast.
0:01.9	I'm your host Sarah Isger and joining me today is Mo Eleythe.
0:07.0	Mo and I go way back.
0:08.5	He was at the DNC when I was at the RNC.
0:11.4	Now I'm hosting this podcast and he is the director,
0:16.0	a first director of the Georgetown Institute of Politics.
0:20.3	They have a new poll coming out.
0:22.0	We're going to talk about that and so much else to talk about.
0:25.1	Let's dive right in.
0:40.1	Mo, I miss meeting up with you at the Food Trucks.
0:43.1	I miss our bipartisan French fry extravaganza.
0:47.1	This is what's wrong with politics today.
0:49.1	We need more bipartisan food truck excursions.
0:53.1	People don't realize how real this was.
0:57.1	The RNC and DNC are about three blocks away.
0:59.1	In between is where the food trucks all are.
1:02.1	We would stand in line multiple times a week together.
1:05.1	It's how we became friends.
1:07.1	That's right.
1:08.1	We'd be trolling each other on Twitter and putting out nasty press releases
1:13.1	about one another and then meet up at the Food Truck.
1:16.1	Order a taco and have a good laugh about it.
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