In Shifting Terrain, we explore race and class in politics, beyond the simplistic stereotypes in the news, and between election cycles.

Voters, political strategists, organizers, and politicians will speak to the ways race and class are playing out in voting patterns, campaigns, the news, and election outcomes. And, ultimately, how we navigate America’s multiracial, cross-class democracy.

We highlight voices across the country to interrupt misconceptions fueling political polarization in American politics.

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Political strategists Jordan Berg Powers and Mike Lux discuss how major political campaigns have abandoned working class voters, the undeserved power of polls, and why you should never play Trump’s voice in a Democratic political ad.

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Damaging stereotypes about rural and urban voters abound in politics. What’s really going on in the charged landscape known as the rural-urban divide? Are rural voters actually voting against their interests when they elect a Republican? And are urban voters so immersed in the culture war they’re out of touch with the everyday concerns of working people? Is there any commonality across this geographical chasm?

In today’s episode, Sarah Jaynes of the Rural Democracy Initiative, and Bonnie Dobson from Down Home North Carolina, share insights and anecdotes from long-term organizing with working class voters. Despite how it might feel out here, there is a way to bridge the rural urban divide for a more unified working class electorate.

Down Home North Carolina https://downhomenc.org/

Rural Democracy Initiative https://ruraldemocracyinitiative.org/

Executive Producers: Amanda Cowper and Rachel Rybaczuk

Associate Producer: Emilce Quiroz

Production Consulting and Audio Mixing: Karen Given

Music from Blue Dot Sessions

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