Behold, The Mother Of All Persuasion Windows Openeth Charting The Way Forward podcast

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MAJOR POLL DROP! We worked with Impact Research on a poll that should put a stake through the heart of the conventional wisdom that immigration is a "bad issue for Dems" that they need to avoid "raising the salience of." Impact President Molly Murphy joins host Kerry Eleveld and Tory Gavito, Joe Hamill, and Jenifer Fernandez Ancona from the Way to Win team to discuss the clear strategic imperative for Dems of all stripes to go on the attack.…

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Vikings, Tequila Shots and the DNC (feat. Chuck Rocha) 56:47

7 days ago56:47

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Democratic überconsultant Chuck Rocha has won a ton of elections and he has ANSWERS. He joins the all-star roundtable of host Kerry Eleveld, strategist Kristian Ramos and Way to Win head Tory Gavito for a discussion of how Dems can reach not just Latinos, but voters of all stripes and beliefs.

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Maybe We're Not Cooked?! (feat. Michael Frias) 47:53

14 days ago47:53

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Fresh off the release of the kaleidoscopic and deep Catalist voter-file based analysis of the 2024, Catalist chief Michael Frias joins host Kerry Eleveld and strategists Joe Hamill and Kristian Ramos for a discussion that goes far beyond just the contents of the report.

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Checks and Imbalances (feat. Brian Derrick) 57:47

21 days ago57:47

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Think your $25 donation doesn’t move the needle? Think again. In this episode, host Kerry Eleveld and the big strategy panel of Tory Gavito, Jenifer Ancona and Maddie Medved sit down with Brian Derrick, founder of Oath, to unpack how small-dollar giving is quietly transforming political power when it’s done right, and what the potential is for the future.…

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Charting a New Way Forward. No, really. (feat. Kyle Tharp) 58:06

28 days ago58:06

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Host Kerry Eleveld and media analyst and strategist Dan Ancona talk to Kyle "Chaotic Era" Tharp about the release of TV Congress 2024, Way to Win's interactive tracking database of political TV ads.

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We're a Bigger Tent (feat. Cornell Belcher) 57:07

5 weeks ago57:07

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Veteran Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher joins us for a riveting discussion of how to reconstitute a winning Democratic coalition from the ground up, starting with men of color who voted for Biden in 2020 but then skipped 2024. It's a must listen, drawing from Belcher's deep expertise on how Democrats have won in the past and can do so again.…

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Behold, The Mother of All Persuasion Windows Openeth 45:50

6 weeks ago45:50

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Join Kerry and Tory, Maddie and Dan from the Way to Win team for a roundtable discussion on this remarkable moment in history, the opportunity it presents, and what some of the barriers in the thinking of the DC establishment are to seizing it. The show nearly goes off the rails at the news about Little House on the Prairie being a right wing media op, but the crew bravely holds it together and soldiers through.…

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All Trees, No Forest (feat. Dan Pfeiffer) 57:01

7 weeks ago57:01

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Dan "The Message Box" Pfeiffer joins Kerry and Jenifer for Part 2 of our Understanding the Missing Biden Voters series, including sound from our focus groups, their thoughts on the Harris and Trump campaigns, and the prospects for 2026 and beyond.

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Understanding the Missing Biden Voters 45:26

8 weeks ago45:26

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We have focus group sound! We worked with Lake Research to talk to four groups of battleground voters that voted for Biden in 2020 and then didn't vote in 2024. Join Kerry and Jenifer as they walk through our conversations with these voters, their background views on 2024, and their thoughts on the parties and Trump oligarchy and deportations. Coming next week: more from these voters, including how they felt about the 2024 campaigns and the prospects for engaging them in 2026 and beyond.…

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The Four Fs: Fight, Fascism, Freedom and F*ck 1:06:33

9 weeks ago1:06:33

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Another episode, another genius: this week we have on long time DC operative Joe Sudbay with insights from both DC and the incredible, accelerating momentum happening in the states. Host Kerry Eleveld, and Tory Gavito and Kristian Ramos round out the roundtable.

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The Hunger for Strong and Meaningful Opposition (feat. Rep Greg Casar) 53:12

10 weeks ago53:12

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Something, finally, seems to be shifting. Join the Charting gang - Kerry, Kristian, and Maddie - as they catch up with Rep Greg Casar of Texas to talk about his experience at the Bernie and AOC Fight Oligarchy Tour, and the recent raft of vastly improved and more emotionally resonant arguments coming from Dems.…

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Zero Sum Politics ⚠️ And the Future Of The Dem Coalition (featuring Terrance Woodbury from HIT Strategies) 46:30

11 weeks ago46:30

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Continuing our series of having incredibly smart people on the show, join host Kerry Eleveld with a panel discussion featuring Terrance Woodbury of HIT Strategies, Tory Gavito, and Kristian Ramos for a deep discussion of Black voters and broader Democratic coalition dynamics post-2024.

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Absurd! Not True! Feat. Anat Shenker-Osorio 1:10:04

12 weeks ago1:10:04

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Join host Kerry Eleveld and messaging and strategy guru Anat Shenker-Osorio for a rich and not very doomy conversation on the strategically critical and awesomely fun direct action scene, some hot sizzling fresh focus group results, and how the 2024 results are shaping tactical decisions of activists across the US trying to persuade DC Dems to save our democracy.…

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To Moderate Or Not To Moderate, That Is The Question 51:21

13 weeks ago51:21

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With Democratic enterprises of great pith and moment currents beginning to turn awry and lose the name of action, Kerry hosts, as Dan and Jenifer join for a reunion tour of their brief foray into streaming, The What's Possible Show. Conscience makes cowards of us all as they discuss recent research around the biggest single strategic question facing Democrats: is more moderation really what it's going to take to move the (roughly) 19M Biden voters that stayed home in 2024?…

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Making it Stick, feat. Creator/Strategist Annie Wu Henry 40:48

14 weeks ago40:48