New Political Analysis, Discussions, Pods and More
Some new resources your weekend and holiday political reading/listening/viewing pleasure:
Simon Rosenberg and Tom Bonier 2022 Election Briefing — On 12/14/22 Tom and Simon came together for their most extended discussion of the 2022 election to date. Mark Riddle of Future Majority and Tara McGowan of Courier Newsroom help guide the spirited conversation.
Memo: The Democratic Party Is Strong, Rs Remain All MAGA — This is NDN’s main post-election analysis. The bottom line — Democrats had their 3rd consecutive impressive election, and head into the 2024 cycle in strong shape. The Rs are still all MAGA all the time. We would much rather be us than them.
Front Line Reports From the Information Wars — A New Deep State Radio Podcast — Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has made many re-evaluate the role of social media and new media. As people who work primarily in and around social and new media, David Rothkopf, Tara McGowan, and Simon talk about how Democrats need to step up and take on these challenges. How should we engage on social media? Do Progressives need to build their own media ecosystem? What can we learn from Republicans? Find out on this thought provoking conversation.
Can Republicans Come Back from the Extreme? — Guardian Politics Weekly Podcast — As 2022 draws to a close, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Simon Rosenberg and Sarah Longwell about their predictions for how US politics will shake out in 2023. Can the Democrats capitalise on a weary electorate, can the Republicans finally get rid of the spectre of Donald Trump, and who will announce their intention to run in 2024?
With Democrats Things Get Better — Our signature presentation, With Dems is a data-filled journey through American politics over the past generation. And what we learn is with Democrats things get better. With Rs, not so much. This edition was recorded on December 6th, and the core data has been updated and is fresh.
December Jobs Report — Economy Remains Strong and Dynamic, 10.5m Biden Jobs — Another strong jobs report for President Biden. 5 times as many jobs have now been created in Joe Biden’s first 22 months than in Presidencies of the two Bushes and Trump combined. Repeated Dem successes, repeated GOP failures must become better known in our politics.
Democrats Did Well With Young Voters — In a new Twitter thread, Simon goes through the data that is available to us so far, and contrary to som red wavey reporting this week, Dems did well with young voters in 2022. It is our hope that commentators learn from the many red wave mistakes of 2022, and are more careful with their analysis in the months ahead.
Onward — Simon
