The Talent Show (feat. Matt Yglesias)

About this episode

Matt Yglesias joins to discuss political moderation and voter behavior in the Democratic Party.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.centralairpodcast.com This week: Matt Yglesias joins us to recap WelcomeFest and discuss “dog-whistle moderation," and why the factional forces seeking to drag the Democratic Party to the center need to advocate specific moderation on specific issues. Then: why Maine Democratic voters are attached to Graham Platner despite his manifest defects , a mistake Washington D.C. voters appear poised to make, the city's failures to stop “teen takeovers,” California’s vote-count malaise, and Matt somewhat walks back his anti-dog-park position . To hear the whole episode, upgrade your subscription .

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Barro, Megan McArdle, Ben Dreyfuss

Guest: Matt Yglesias

Topics covered

• Democratic Party
• moderation
• political factions
• voter behavior
• teen takeovers
• vote-counting

Keywords

• WelcomeFest
• dog-whistle moderation
• Graham Platner
• teen takeovers
• California vote-counting

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Places: Maine, Washington D.C., California

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