The optimistic leftist

Explain It to Me

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Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Matt is joined by political scientist and author Ruy Teixeira to talk about how Democratic messaging has gone wrong, and how to get it right. Resources: "Immigrant Neighborhoods Shifted Red as the Country Chose Blue" by Weiyi Cai and Ford Fessenden, New York Times (Dec. 20, 2020) "The Five Deadly Sins of the Left" by Ruy Teixeira, American Compass (Oct. 13, 2020) "'Hidden Tribes,' the new report centrists are using to explain away polarization, explained" by Zack Beauchamp, Vox (Oct. 22, 2018) Guest: Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Host: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com Credits: Erikk Geannikis, Editor and Producer As the Biden administration gears up, we'll help you understand this unprecedented burst of policymaking. Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weeds-newsletter. The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production. Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:58.5	My guest today is Rachel Shera. He's a political scientist and author, thinker. He's written
1:04.0	a bunch of books that I really like, including the emerging Democratic majority, Red, Blue,
1:08.9	and Purple America. America's forgotten majority. I'm a book called The Optimistic Leftist
1:14.2	that we talk about a bunch here. He's just involved with a new website called The
1:18.2	Liberal Patriot. There's a conversation about sort of what has worked and what has not
1:22.7	worked in Democratic Party electoral strategy as the country has evolved. Why did the Latino
1:28.8	vote into an extent the African-American vote break for Trump? What does sort of leftist
1:33.5	get wrong about the arc of history and American politics? It's really interesting. I think
1:40.5	people will find plenty to disagree with here, but I think also maybe a lot to learn from.
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