What makes someone vote against their political party? | Sarah Longwell

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🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Our brains are hardwired to crave community and belonging — a tribal instinct that drives politics in the United States, says political strategist Sarah Longwell. She shares what she learned trying to convince people to vote against their political party in a recent election and shows why telling a better story about democracy is key to bridging the ideological divide.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
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0:10.0	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:13.4	There are conflicting takes about why democracy is under threat,
0:17.0	but wide agreement that the system is in trouble.
0:20.6	In her 2023 talk from Ted Democracy,
0:23.0	Strategist Sarah Longwell unpacks why it's so important to talk about democracy
0:28.0	and talk about it in a better, more convincing way,
0:31.0	because its very survival is at stake. After the break.
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