S4 Ep41: Gambling Our Rights? (with Audie Cornish)

The Focus Group Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 July 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Democrats' spin holds that the calls for Joe Biden to drop out are driven by the media, while base Democratic voters beyond Washington are committed to seeing Biden as the nominee, and there will be a backlash if he isn't. In a series of focus groups with black Democratic voters this week, we found the truth to be more complicated. Audie Cornish, host of the CNN podcast The Assignment with Audie Cornish, joins Sarah to evaluate how Democratic voters (especially black voters) are grappling with whether Joe Biden should stay in the race...and how perceptions of Kamala Harris are driving the discussion.

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0:00.0	Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.
0:10.0	He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him him sounds like an elephant with a chest infection
0:16.0	Well they call him a dreamer and now they're right all aboard mister I can never sleep when I'm traveling.
0:23.0	Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.
0:26.0	Piando Ferries, there is another way. Hello everyone and welcome to the focus group podcast I'm Sarah Longwell publisher of
0:41.0	the bull work and this week I'm still at it I'm still checking in with
0:44.9	voters about the future of Joe Biden's campaign and I want to stay up front I still
0:49.5	believe it's vitally important that we honestly reckon with how voters are thinking about
0:53.2	Joe Biden's age because I think the fate of democracy in America might right now hinge
0:58.4	on how Biden and the Democrats handle this situation. So you're gonna to hear some more fresh hot takes from
1:03.7	swing voters about how old Joe Biden is and how unelectable Kamala Harris
1:08.5	currently seems but but but but but before you turn it off and get mad at me, I also want to dig into Democratic
1:15.9	face voters who think Biden should remain the nominee because those conversations were also
1:20.3	extremely interesting. My guess today is one of my favorites. I've got
1:25.0	Aottie Cornish here, host of the CNN Podcast, The assignment with Aottie Cornish.
1:29.3	Aottie. Thanks for being here.
1:31.1	Thanks for having me. I am a professional listener of your podcast. I'm a fan.
1:36.0	So this is exciting to be on it like seriously.
1:39.0	You know this show and your show are kindred spirits.
1:43.4	They are, they are.
1:45.2	That is how I think about our shows because you love to have conversations with real people
1:51.3	about the thorniest political issues out there, which is great.
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