If Republican and Democrats were listed on the New York Stock Exchange, I would sell right now. The two legacy parties are tied at 27% in January polling. And dropping. And the buy signal is flashing bright green on independents. Now at 44% of voters —most members of the lost political middle. Can a surge […]

Feb 20, 2024

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Jan 24, 2024

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Former Congressman Scott Klug, host of “Lost in the Middle: America's Political Orphans,” joined “The Martha Zoller Show” on North Georgia radio station WDUN to talk about ticket-splitting. Listen to the ticket-splitting episode and subscribe here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to […]

Jan 6, 2024

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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 […]

Dec 17, 2023

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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 […]

Nov 12, 2023

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