‘The Run-Up': The Grass Roots, Part 2

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🗓️ 5 November 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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This moment in politics will be defined by shifts at the grass-roots level. It wasn’t long ago that Democrats used to brag about the coalition they had built — full of young people, minority voters and college-educated women. Today, we talk to members of the Democratic base, many of whom no longer see a clear path forward for the party. “The Run-Up” is a new politics podcast from The New York Times. Leading up to the 2022 midterms, we’ll be sharing the latest episode here every Saturday. You can search for “The Run-Up” wherever you get your podcasts. Visit nytimes.com/therunup for more.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Michael. Today, the run-up are show about the midterm elections and how we got
0:06.6	to this front moment in American politics. Last week, we began a two-part series of conversations
0:13.0	with voters by talking to the Republican base about what's animating their votes. Today,
0:20.4	in our last episode before the midterms, we turn to the Democrats.
0:25.5	Michael, listen. Hi, my name is Ted Hurnton. I'm a reporter within the New York Times. I was looking for Delaney.
0:38.5	Yeah, that's me. Hi, thank you so much. I am calling because I host our politics podcast called The Run-Up.
0:46.5	And we were hoping that you have five to minutes for us to chat right now and record it for possible use in our podcast.
0:52.5	Is that something you think we can do? Yeah, that'd be okay. It sounds interesting.
0:57.5	Okay, cool. Thank you so much. Well, first I'll ask some basic stuff. Just where do you live and how old are you?
1:04.5	I live in Bloomberg and I'm 24 years old.
1:07.5	Bloomberg. All right. Pennsylvania. When you look at these midterm elections, is there an issue or a set of issues that matter to you the most?
1:17.5	Yeah, I mean, gun policies and abortion laws are pretty important to me. I think also the way that we fund our schools.
1:30.5	And honestly, just, you know, having politicians that aren't dick bags.
1:37.5	You're a young person. I mean, have you always been interested in politics? Have you always voted since 18?
1:43.5	I'm curious of how interested in politics you are.
1:48.5	I'm not super interested. I haven't always voted when it was against Trump and Biden. I don't think I voted because to be honest, I had my family, what my parents telling me that Trump was like the way to go.
2:06.5	And he was the best and they would give me money if I voted for him. Oh, wow. Yeah, they told me they would pay me like 50 bucks. If I went to vote for Trump.
2:20.5	And it's time that it worked telling me no, it didn't work.
2:27.5	They also were talking really bad about Biden and that he was like being mind controlled and that like, who's the vice president now what her name?
2:41.5	Kamala Harris.
2:43.5	Yeah, they were also telling me that the whole reason for them getting Biden elected was so that she could take over and that she would ruin the country. And I don't know, just a whole bunch of crazy stuff.
2:58.5	So I just decided to stay out of it completely.
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