Is It Really A Coin Flip For The House?

About this episode

John Ashbrook discusses the political landscape and key issues affecting the upcoming midterm elections.

With six months to go until the midterm elections, the founding partner of Cavalry and co-host of the Ruthless podcast, John Ashbrook, discusses the primary shakeups and policy pressure points defining the current political landscape. John describes how everyday costs like gas and groceries, and a dead-heat race for control of the House, are shaping the upcoming election. Purple State: Dana and John dive into the "shenanigans" and internal drama facing the Democratic party's fundraising committee, ActBlue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Dana Perino

Guest: John Ashbrook

Topics covered

• midterm elections
• political landscape
• Democratic party
• fundraising
• cost of living
• House control

Keywords

• midterm elections
• politics
• House of Representatives
• Democratic party
• fundraising
• gas prices
• groceries

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cavalry, Ruthless podcast, Democratic party, ActBlue

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