The fight for the soul of America’s political parties

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🗓️ 6 March 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Political reporter Dan Balz on the ebb and flow of the two political parties and how much power they actually have. And Jada Yuan on whether celebrity endorsements make a difference for presidential candidates.

The Democrats seem split between an “establishment” candidate and a candidate who isn’t a Democrat at all. Dan Balz on what’s up with the Democratic Party and how much power the establishment actually has.

Do celebrity endorsements make a difference for presidential candidates? The short answer is no. Well, except for that one time.

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0:00.0	This episode of Post Report is brought to you by AT&T Business.
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0:11.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:14.7	It's Robert Samuels from the Washington Post.
0:17.2	Post is Sarah Kaplan.
0:18.9	Hi, this is Elaheizari with the Washington Post.
0:21.7	This is Post Reports.
0:23.7	I'm Martin Powers.
0:27.7	It's Friday, March 6.
0:31.0	Today, the fight for the soul of the two political parties.
0:36.0	And whether celebrity endorsements make a difference for presidential candidates.
0:44.0	So I think what's been interesting about the democratic primary process so far
0:50.0	is it feels like there have been two very different narratives about the state of the democratic party.
0:56.0	Because there is this one narrative where parties seem to be getting weaker generally.
1:02.0	And then you have a president like President Trump who is very much not of the establishment of the Republican party.
1:08.0	And you have Bernie Sanders who is also not of the establishment of the democratic party.
1:13.0	And that's a sign that the party system is weakening.
1:17.0	But then you have the results of Super Tuesday where the most establishment candidate is the big winner.
1:24.0	And I wonder what that says about how parties are doing right now.
1:28.0	Well, it's a complicated question.
1:32.0	I'm Dan Balz.
1:33.0	I cover politics for the post and have done so for many years.
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