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The Political Trends of 2025 | With Amanda Litman, co-founder of Run for Something, and Data Analyst G. Elliott Morris.
The Democratic Party leadership’s strategy of downplaying many of Trump’s actions as a “distraction” is a mistake, say political writer G. Elliott Morris and Amanda Litman, executive director of Run for Something, a group that helps younger Democratic candidates pursue elective office. Such rhetoric is boring and means that the public tunes out Democrats, Morris and Litman argue. In a conversation on Right Now With Perry Bacon, both say that Democrats are struggling to win the “attention economy” and that’s vital in today’s political era. They describe Zohran Mamdani’s campaign as a model for…
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