What will it take for Dems to connect with black & brown voters? How can Democrats keep Republicans from branding them, radicals? What can Democrats do better to keep the house? All this and more is discussed on the season finale of Politics: Meet Me in the Middle. Bill and Jane are joined by Lanae Erickson (Senior Vice President for the Social Policy Program at The Third Way) and Quentin James (founder and president of The Collective) to explore their six month study and report that was praised by The NY Times.


Episode Timestamps:


5:52 Defining The Third Way, The Collective, and The Latino Victory Fund


7:54 The Origins of coming together


8:51 The Democratic Coalition


11:05 Black Voters


15:51 The Failure of “Defund the Police” messaging


17:26 The Trump Effect


19:14 Learning from the report


22:44 The Democratic Brand


26:45 Dems -The Less Racist Party?


29:36 What do Democrats stand for?


31:17 Full disclosure


33:30 Advice for the moderates


34:27 Closing statements to the Democratic party 


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