Rachel Bitecofer is a political scientist and election forecaster turned political strategist. Her most recent book is Hit ’Em Where it Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game. We discuss why it's time for Democratic Party candidates to embrace negative partisanship in their campaigns.
Half of America’s electorate doesn't vote – even in the most consequential elections – because they aren't interested in politics. The Knight Foundation took a very large sample survey of non voters and discovered that the most commonly cited reason for not voting is lack of interest. The US has raised and created a political culture that encourages lack of civic participation and views politics as dirty. Turning the tide on disinterest and bolstering American democracy must include fixing the civic culture.
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Credits:
Host: Mila Atmos
Guests: Rachel Bitecofer
Executive Producer: Mila Atmos
Producer: Zack Travis
The Roots of Conservative Media: Nicole Hemmer
Political Communication Ethics: Peter Loge
Fact-Checking for Truth: Jon Z. Greenberg
The New Conspiracism: Nancy Rosenblum
The Risks of Fake News: Travis I. Trammell & Elisabeth Paté-Cornell
The Truth Sandwich: George Lakoff
Post-Truth: Lee C. McIntyre
Authoritarianism Under COVID-19: Thomas O. Melia
Civic Engagement, Social Distancing, and Democracy Reform
ExxonMobil’s Dirty Secret: Geoffrey Supran
Ending the Nuclear Era: Fred Pearce
Our Radioactive Ocean: Ken Buesseler
A Renewable Future: Mark Z. Jacobson
COVID-19 Special Edition
A Nuclear Future: Joshua Goldstein
Criminalizing Ecocide: Jojo Mehta
Climate Policy Failures: Leah Stokes
Climate Justice: Julian Brave NoiseCat
Writing Climate Policy: Jerry Taylor
The Actual Cost of Fast Fashion: Jussara Lee
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