The battle for our future is being fought far from DC

On Democracy with FPWellman

This week is a very special episode with our friend John Della Volpe and an exclusive sit down with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. The shockwaves from the Democratic Primary win for New York City mayor by Zohran Mamdani are still resonating this week as pundits and leaders of the various political parties try to figure out what happened and shape their own narratives. Meanwhile the very battle for the soul of our country rages on in the streets of Los Angeles and state capital as masked men backed by our military raid Home Depot parking lots and car washes. In a super-sized show this week Fred sits down with two leaders of these diverse battlefields. First, he sits down in Cambridge, Massachusetts with youth polling expert and co-lead of the Speaking with American Man (SAM) project John Della Volpe to discuss the New York election results, where the Democrats are losing wide swaths of men, and what his work sitting down with young men is showing already. Then, he sits down for an exclusive one-on-one interview with Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass to discuss the outrageous actions of the Trump Administration in her city from masked men in unmarked vehicles, the misuse, and abuse, of National Guard troops and Marines, and much more. John Della Volpe is a highly respected pollster, author, and political advisor. He is the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics and the founder of Cambridge's SocialSphere, a public opinion research firm focusing on Gen Z and Millennials. His last book ‘Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America’ details the shaping of Gen Z’s political viewpoints. Follow his Substack JDV on Gen Z.

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