In an abbreviated special episode, Host Roger King gives his thoughts on a very disappointing Presidential election result for Democrats and addresses some of the theories as to what happened.    

Through his early vote tracker, University of Florida Political Science Professor Michael McDonald tracks and analyzes the early vote data for all 50 states.

He and Roger discuss what we are seeing in the early vote, particularly in the swing states, as 50 million Americans have already voted in the 2024 election.

Natalie Jackson has been a professional pollster for 20 years.  She and Roger have a calm & rational discussion about the actual status of the Presidential election race, the problems with polling alternative Dem nominees to Biden, whether Trump's polling numbers are accurate, and more.

Steve Schale ran President Obama's two Florida victory campaigns and he knows Florida politics inside and out.  He and Roger discuss whether Florida is in play for the Biden campaign, how Democrats can reassemble the Obama coalition, the Florida Senate race, the latest on the Florida abortion ballot amendment, and more.

Anderson Clayton is the youngest state party Chair in the United States.  She and Roger discuss North Carolina politics: how it's a key target for the Biden campaign to flip in November, her efforts to attract more rural voters, the issues that will play with young voters in the state, changing demographics of the NC electorate, and more.

Simon Rosenberg has been involved in Democratic politics for three decades, first with the Clinton campaigns, as an adviser to the Obama Administration and the founder of the New Democratic Network (NDN) think tank. He was one of the few analysts who did not believe there would be "a red wave" in 2022.  He & Roger discuss Democratic over performance in recent elections, 2024 Presidential polling & the Biden campaign, why Democrats are in a good demographic position, and more.

Special guest co-host Reuben Rodriguez, a self-described Latino Centrist, returns to the podcast in a special extended episode as he & Roger preview the upcoming 2022 midterm election.  Including an overview of the U.S. political climate, analysis of the early vote, a preview of the key Senate races, and more!  

This summer, Kansas voted NO on a state Constitutional amendment that would have banned abortion.  Ashley All, Spokesperson for Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, joins Roger to discuss how her group mobilized voters in a deeply conservative state to show up to protect abortion rights and what kind of messaging will work best with red state voters in this November's midterms.  

Robin Johnson, along with Representative Cheri Bustos, former Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, put together a research project about how Democratic representatives in 10 midwestern states won in districts carried by Donald Trump. Roger & Robin discuss those findings, how Democrats can rebound with rural voters and midterm election politics in Iowa & Illinois.  

Tom Winter, a former state representative, is now running for U.S. Congress in Montana's newly created 2nd Congressional District. He joins Roger to discuss how to run & win as a progressive in Montana, the population growth in the state and who the new arrivals are politically, running against a former member of Trump's cabinet, and more.