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S6E44 S6 Ep44: Amy Walter: Everyone Is on the Take
Summer’s here, and Sarah’s taking a break from primary election coverage to take stock of the national political landscape. We haven’t talked to swing voters in a little while about the overall state…
S6E43 S6 Ep43: Peter Hamby: California Is The Progressive Id
Everyone loves to complain about how California is governed...even some of the Democrats in our focus groups. So, how is the Democratic primary to replace Gavin Newsom shaping up? Plus, a proto-Trump…
S6E42 S6 Ep42: Adam Jentleson: More Heterodoxy, Please
Sarah is sick and tired of the arguments about whether Democrats should move to the left or the center, because Democratic voters’ answers to this question overlap a lot more than the online turf…
S6E41 S6 Ep41: Greg Bluestein: Georgia's Root Canal Primary
Georgia's primaries for Governor and U.S. Senate have LOTS of things for political nerds (like you, dear listener) to chew on. But the Republican and Democratic voters we talked to felt pretty sick…
S6E40 S6 Ep40: Tim Miller: Good Riddance, Bill Cassidy?
This week's show has a rare note of agreement with our MAGA focus group participants. In Louisiana, Bill Cassidy is running for re-election to the Senate, and trying to pass himself as a MAGA true…
S6E39 S6 Ep39: Chuck Schumer’s Candidate Got Humiliated in Maine
In this bite-sized bonus Focus Group episode, Sarah Longwell breaks down the political earthquake in Maine after Janet Mills dropped out of the Senate race. Why are Democratic voters rejecting…
S6E38 S6 Ep38: America's 'House of Cards' Mentality (with David Frum)
Usually, an assassination attempt outside a dinner with the president would be a HUGE news event. Instead, the voters in our focus groups weren't talking much about it, and when we brought it up, we…
S6E37 S6 Ep37: Trump Promised Lower Prices. Everything Got Worse! (w/ Rotimi Adeoye)
Enjoy a bonus episode of The Focus Group Podcast—Rachel Janfaza talks with Rotimi Adeoye about why moderate Gen Z focus group participants feel locked out of the economy. They discuss Rotimi’s “House…
S6E36 S6 Ep36: America's Divisions: Getting on Our Nerves (with Jessica Tarlov)
Everyone agrees that America is too divided. But ALMOST everyone is also contributing to that division in one way or another. So, how do we rebuild a country where Americans can live with each other…
S6E35 S6 Ep35: Trump Voters Say 'Nope' to the Pope (with Jonathan V. Last)
Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV are probably the two most prominent Americans in the world right now, and they're fighting. So we asked American Catholics (including those who voted for Trump) what…
S6E34 S6 Ep34: Why Women Don’t Need Men Anymore—In Their Own Words (w/ Sami Sage)
On this bonus episode of The Focus Group, Rachel and guest Sami Sage of Betches Media wonder whether millennials are truly still ‘cringe.’ They also discuss the Gen Z gender gap, and how some…
S6E33 S6 Ep33: The Sad, Mad GOP Base (with Amy Walter)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This episode has been updated to remove comments made by or about a focus group participant who we believe misrepresented his political viewpoints to gain access to the group. We are…
S6E32 S6 Ep32: It's "Messing With Me Mentally" (with Ashley Parker)
The Iran War has been going on for a month, and it’s deeply, DEEPLY unpopular. Plus, we get reactions from swing voters on the characters inside the Trump administration who they like (like Marco…
S6E31 S6 Ep31: PSA: AI is NOT Your Boyfriend!! (with Megan McArdle)
Artificial intelligence is such a big change to human civilization that our political class is struggling to keep up. The voters in our focus groups are struggling, too. The Washington Post's Megan…
S6E30 S6 Ep30: ‘All of You Could Be Democrats’ (with Anderson Clayton)
A lot of the young people we’ve been talking to recently in our focus groups are relatively apolitical, and many of them don’t vote. But what DO these young people care about? And what could mobilize…
S6E29 S6 Ep29: Illinois Senate Race: Daaaa Dems (with David Axelrod)
The Democratic primary for US Senate in Illinois is a bit quiet, according to our guest. But underneath the surface, one candidate has a VERY interesting way of getting attention...and voters are…
S6E28 S6 Ep28: BONUS POD: Iran Fears &...Focus Groups Love The Bulwark?
Sarah was out last week, and felt she had to bring you some timely focus group reactions to the War in Iran. We also check in on their feelings about the Trump administration (especially their…
S6E27 S6 Ep27: What's a "Rug Pull"? (with Ed Elson)
Rachel Janfaza sits in for Sarah on this week’s Focus Group to take a look at Gen Z’s personal finances, from their long-term outlooks to their day-to-day habits…especially their investments in…
S6E26 S6 Ep26: Twitter vs. Texans (with Elaine Godfrey)
The Texas Senate primary on March 3 between James Talarico and Rep. Jasmine Crockett is a toxic cesspool on Twitter. But Texas Democrats are practically giddy over how much they like both candidates.…
S6E25 S6 Ep25: Texas-Sized Scandal (with Eric Benson)
Sen. John Cornyn has been a consistent ally of President Trump. Even Trump likes him just fine...but that may not be enough to save him in Texas, because he may have just been too mild-mannered for…
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