Reforming politics: Civility, Compromise and Common Ground. Amy Dacey and Pearce Godwin

Let's Find Common Ground

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🗓️ 24 September 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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More than 8 out of 10 Americans think the country is divided, and a large majority says public debate has gotten worse in recent years. A recent survey found most voters agree that significant changes are needed in the fundamental design and structure of American government to make it work for current times. In this episode, we explore the urgent need for common ground with Amy Dacey, Executive Director of the Sine Institute of Policy & Politics at American University, and Pearce Godwin, CEO of Listen First Project, and a leading member of Weaving Community. During the 2016 presidential election, Amy served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Democratic National Committee. She has managed national organizations and advised leading elected officials and candidates, including President Barack Obama and Senator John Kerry. Pearce is from a conservative political background, and formerly worked as an aide in the House and Senate and for Republican Party campaigns. We speak with both of them about the new Common Ground Scorecard, which rates candidates and elected officials on their ability to reach out beyond their base and engage with voters and other elected officials who come from another party or viewpoint.

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0:00.0	More than 8 in 10 Americans think the country is divided and the number has been going up in recent years.
0:07.5	Most of us agree that significant changes are needed in the fundamental design and structure of American government
0:15.0	to make it work for the current times.
0:18.0	In this episode, Why We Need Civility, Compromise, and common ground.
0:23.4	I'm Ashley Miltite.
0:29.4	And I'm Richard Davies.
0:31.7	This is Let's Find Common Ground. Today, two guests, one liberal,
0:36.2	the other conservative, who are both working to reform American politics.
0:41.1	Amy Daisy is executive director of the Sign Institute of Policy and Politics at American
0:46.0	University.
0:48.0	She's managed national organizations and advised leading elected officials and candidates including President Obama
0:54.3	and Senator John Kerry. Pierce Godwin is CEO of Listen First Project
1:00.0	and a leading member of weaving community.
1:03.0	In his former life, Pierce worked for Republicans
1:06.4	in the House and Senate and also on GOP campaign initiatives.
1:11.4	Amy, let's start with a simple but important question. Why do we need to find
1:16.6	common ground? Well, I think so many people are counting on not only people who are involved in public service but in other sectors to find solutions to some of our largest problems.
1:28.0	We've been able to come together in the past to do that on key issues and that's what really has to happen to solve some of the
1:35.5	biggest problems of today. How are we going to get on the other side of a big
1:39.1	huge global pandemic that everyone is trying to understand and move forward from.
1:44.0	How are we going to get through this financial crisis that has a lot of ramifications?
1:48.7	And then also globally, I mean, we are not an isolated country that doesn't have to deal with international
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