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Helping the Middle Majority

16 Oct Helping the Middle Majority

Posted at 22:25h in Uncategorized by

Shannon Watson closes her emails with “Do brave things.” One such courageous act by Shannon herself was to start an organization named Majority in the Middle, which in turn annually publishes a report called “The State of Bipartisanship.” You see, Shannon is trying to encourage compromise, reduce polarization, and bring function to our dysfunctional politics. “Ha! How’s that going for you?” people often respond. In this podcast, Shannon and host Quentin Wittrock explore how her efforts indeed are helping in Minnesota, despite an equally-divided legislature.

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4 Comments
  • Raymond J Lynch
    Posted at 18:53h, 17 October

    Enjoyed listening to your conversation with Shannon. Reinforces to me that we are still more aligned in our beliefs than opposites in the country outside of Washington DC. Gerrymandering and new attempts to change the drawing of districts to allow the party in power to remain in control is what makes it even harder to survive a primary. Take the stare of Iowa where I live. Before the 2014 elections Iowa was as purple as you could be with each party having 2 seats in the US House and Chuck Grassley conservative and Tom Harkin liberal. We need to get back to compromising as these 2 senators who were total opposites did for the people of iowa.

    • Quentin
      Posted at 18:56h, 17 October

      Excellent comment, Ray.

  • Gary Russell
    Posted at 21:18h, 17 October

    Quentin/Shannon – I applaud the focus on “the middle”. Good discussion and I think you hit on the most important aspect around time marker 32:00. Just about everything is getting more “sensationalized” including our video games, movies, news, social media reels, debates, protests and…politics. I am concerned that being calm, rational and caring won’t “sell” anymore. How do we communicate this message to voters when they want the “sugar rush” on both sides?

    • Quentin
      Posted at 23:18h, 17 October

      Another sensationalized item is fundraising. Politicians must believe they can’t raise money unless the sky is falling.