S6 Ep42: Adam Jentleson: More Heterodoxy, Please

About this episode

Sarah discusses with Adam Jentleson the complexities of Democratic voter ideology and the potential for a big-tent coalition.

Sarah is sick and tired of the arguments about whether Democrats should move to the left or the center, because Democratic voters’ answers to this question overlap a lot more than the online turf wars suggest. Adam Jentleson, founder of the Searchlight Institute and author of the forthcoming book Supermajority returns to the show to dig into why voters don’t think in partisan boxes, how some surprising Democratic figures are breaking ideological molds, and what a genuinely big-tent coalition actually looks like in practice.

People in this episode

Host: Sarah

Guest: Adam Jentleson

Topics covered

• Democratic politics
• voter ideology
• big-tent coalition
• partisan politics
• political strategy

Keywords

• Democrats
• voter ideology
• political spectrum
• Adam Jentleson
• Supermajority

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Searchlight Institute

Books & works: Supermajority

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