Hello everyone, I'm Kimberly Adams. Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where none of us is as smart as all of us.

You might think, or maybe hope, it's too early to start thinking about this year's midterm elections.

But for the folks trying to shape the outcome of those elections, like the

policy wanks here in D.C., I can assure you it is not. We are well into it. Last week, I led a panel

discussion at an Aspen Institute event in my neck of the woods, and it was all about what issues

matter most to American families right now. The conversation revealed a lot about how voters are

feeling about the economy and our government heading into this election season. So we're going to

share some of that today. This particular panel was made up of folks who work in the world of

polling and political strategy on both sides of the aisle. Nat Kendall Taylor, who's the CEO of the

Frameworks Institute, a communications research organization, Celinda Lake, president of Lake

research partners, which is a progressive-leaning political research and strategy firm,

and Brian Nie neighbor, who's the vice president of the Terrence Group, a Republican

research and strategy firm.

All right. Let's get into the conversation. I want to start off because all you all work

in sort of polling and data. And often we're talking about children and families. We're thinking

social workers, teachers and people who are often on the front lines working with families.

I would love for you all to talk about why it's important to be chatting about the data

when we're talking about ways to actually serve children and families.

But I don't you go first.

Oh, sure.

I think, Kimberly, and thank you, Kimberly, and thank you, everyone for having me.

I appreciate it very much.

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