Episode 6: Mark Horger, The Strange Bedfellows of America's Two Party System

You Don't Have to Yell

English - September 12, 2019 10:15 - 1 hour - 86 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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The phrase "politics make strange bedfellows" is no better exemplified than in the current political environment, where neglected working-class voters from the Rust Belt and Evangelicals bond together to support a millionaire who cheated on his third wife with a porn star.

Mark Horger, Senior Lecturer at Ohio State University, joins us to explain the nonsensical history of America's two party system and why - at least from a historical perspective - this all makes sense.