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Faiz Shakir

👤 Speaker
476 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

I don't know.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

I haven't seen enough of the polling on that, but we're making a

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

a theoretical observation here, that if we feel like we can get to 50 plus one with Democratic votes and that Osborne or an independent in Montana could win, great, great.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

That's great.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

Great for politics, great for all of us.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

The MPP, and we've seen this, and Bernie, as he gets that, he's done the fight oligarchy rallies over the course of the last year, and we look at the matched every attendee over the voting rolls minutes, and then same with MPU, and we look at all of our audience where they're coming in, particularly if you're younger than 35, you're an independent, you're no party preference.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

Honestly, even if you might say you're dumb, you're not really.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

And so a lot of people are just are independent minded.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

But when you say independent minded, what is there?

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

They still have ideological orientation.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

That's what often gets discounted.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

There's sometimes a conflation that independent is moderate centrist.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

And that the partisanship isn't what appeals to people right now.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

It is.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

I don't want to beat the dead horse here.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

Once again, that the people's economic lives govern their orientation.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

They're thinking about politics, not the other way around.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

Politics doesn't tend to govern.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

I mean, unless you're like you and me, political animals, we think about politics all the time.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Faiz Shakir - Is The Democratic Party’s Future More Progressive?

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