Lost in the Middle
Host: Scott Klug
44% of American voters self-identify as centrists. 71 million bewildered, frustrated political orphans. We'll explore how we got into this mess. But we will also tell you uplifting stories of people around the country trying to change the current zeitgeist.
Political Scientists tell us ticket splitting is disappearing. But it sure didn’t in the '22 elections where voters in Kansas, Nevada, Georgia, Vermont, New Hampshire and Wisconsin shopped around. We focus on two states: Wisconsin, where ticket splitting seems to be wired into the state’s DNA, and Georgia, which switched from deep blue to deep […]
Meet an old friend of mine from my broadcasting days in Seattle who we are going to blame for the long slow decline of TV news. And have you ever checked out a website called Newspaper Death Watch? You should before all the papers are out of business. And in Palm Springs, California, you’ll meet […]
I actually dragged a high-school girlfriend to a George Wallace rally. It was not exactly her dream date. This year, a coalition of bi-partisan political leader plan to launch a bi-partisan presidential ticket in 2024. Nearly half of Americans say they are interested in the No Labels idea. Important questions linger. Can an independent Unity […]
Former Congressman Scott Klug, host of “Lost in the Middle: America's Political Orphans,” joins Steve Scully, host of “The Briefing with Steve Scully,” on SiriusXM POTUS 124 to talk about the podcast and the ousting of now former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with […]
Meet Tami, a Utah special-ed teacher, Mormon Tabernacle singer and mom of five who launched a civility index web site to grade America’s politicians. And then had to take it down because of comments we will say weren’t remotely civil. She’s not the first. A decade ago, a Georgia evangelical Republican and Jersey Jewish Democratic […]
71 million American voters define themselves as centrists. So why is nobody listening to them? We do. Focus group guru Frank Luntz discusses what he calls commonsense voters. And we find a ton of them in Rockford, Illinois, a blue-collar city that has voted for the winning presidential candidate in 7 of the last 8 […]
Lost in the Middle creator Scott Klug, a former U.S. congressman and Emmy award-winning reporter, discusses the story behind the podcast with Civic Media's Todd Allbaugh. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scottklug.substack.com
