Polling, Parties, and Polarization with Alexander Theodoridis

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🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Host Reed Galen is joined by Alexander Theodoridis, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. They discuss the current state of polling in the U.S. and how it’s evolved from “the golden age”, why our nation finds itself so politically polarized, and what motivates Americans to show up on election day. Plus, Ron DeSantis is an uninteresting presidential candidate. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, it's Reid.
0:01.2	Before we get started, 2023 is underway.
0:04.5	And this gang is going to be the year
0:06.6	where we build the Army to save democracy in 2024.
0:10.6	I need you to go to join the union.us and sign up.
0:14.3	Gang, I know you're out there.
0:15.8	We've recruited 65,000 of your fellow Americans,
0:18.8	and I need you to join the ranks today.
0:20.9	Go to jointheunion.us and get involved.
0:24.4	And now on with the show.
0:26.2	Welcome back to the Lincoln Project.
0:36.3	I'm your host, Reid Gailant.
0:38.3	Today, I'm joined by Alexander Theodoridis,
0:41.0	Associate Professor of Political Science
0:43.2	at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
0:45.4	Prior to UMass, he spent time teaching
0:47.2	at the University of California Merced
0:49.0	and Vanderbilt University.
0:50.6	His work seeks to understand the ways
0:52.4	in which citizens interact with the political world
0:55.0	in an era of hyper polarization.
0:57.5	This work has been published in numerous professional journals
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