The Focus Group Podcast

By: The Bulwark
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  • Unfiltered, uncompromising, unexpected—The Focus Group is a look into what the average voter thinks about politics, policy, and current events. Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, has conducted hundreds of hours of focus groups all across the country. She and a series of special guests will take you behind the glass to hear what real focus group participants have to say. https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast/focus-group/
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Episodes
  • S4 Ep57: Keystone State of the Race (with Holly Otterbein)

    S4 Ep57: Keystone State of the Race (with Holly Otterbein)
    Oct 26 2024
    There's one thing Republican and Democratic strategists all agree on right now: no state is more likely to decide this election than Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania-based POLITICO reporter Holly Otterbein joins Sarah to break down Pennsylvania's shift to the right in recent years, and why Democratic Sen. Bob Casey is finding himself in a surprisingly close race.

    Show Notes:
    Spotlight PA: Democrats in Pa. approach 2024 election with slimmest voter registration advantage in decades

    By Holly Otterbein:
    Harris ramps up her appeals to Republican voters in the Philly suburbs
    ‘Pennsylvania is such a mess’: Inside Team Harris’ unusual levels of finger-pointing
    Dems see warning signs for Harris with Latino men in Pennsylvania
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    54 mins
  • S4 Ep56: Senate GOP Vote Desert (with Jon Ralston and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez)

    S4 Ep56: Senate GOP Vote Desert (with Jon Ralston and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez)
    Oct 19 2024
    Donald Trump may well win both Arizona and Nevada, but Republican Senate candidates there are on the struggle bus. Jon Ralston of the Nevada Independent joins to break down Sarah's recent focus groups with PBS in Nevada, and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez of the Washington Post discusses Arizona's abortion rights referendum and Kari Lake's comeback attempt in the U.S. Senate race.

    Editor's note: This episode was taped before the October 17 release of Ruben and Kate Gallego's divorce records.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • S4 Ep55: Great Lakes, "Meh" Candidates (with Craig Gilbert and Craig Mauger)

    S4 Ep55: Great Lakes, "Meh" Candidates (with Craig Gilbert and Craig Mauger)
    Oct 12 2024
    Michigan and Wisconsin aren't just presidential battlegrounds; their Senate races are getting more competitive down the stretch. So how are swing voters thinking about their options?

    Craig Gilbert, former DC bureau chief for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Craig Mauger, political reporter for the Detroit News, join Sarah to break down the electoral landscape in the upper midwest.

    Show notes:
    By Craig Gilbert: What polling tells us about Wisconsin's undecided voters
    The Bulwark's Swing State Swing
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    57 mins

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