Lost in the Middle: America's Political Orphans

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'll also tell you uplifting stories of people around the country trying to change the current zeitgeist. scottklug.substack.com

Lost in the Middle: America's Political Orphans is a news podcast hosted by Scott Klug, with 25 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Scott Klug hosts Lost in the Middle: America's Political Orphans, a news show with 25 episodes published.

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  Lost in the Middle: America's Political Orphans

  Post-election special with Justin Young and Andrew Heaton

  Nov 20, 20241h 3mS0

  <p></p><p>So what did the political orphans do in the Presidential election? </p><p>Check this out. Self-identified independents accounted for a larger share of voters than Democrats and were tied with Republicans, Edison Research exit polling data showed.</p><p>The independent turnout share was up 8 percentage points from 2020, when it was at 26%. </p><p>Here at the Lost in the Middle podcast we are not surprised. We told you so. </p><p>I joined forces this week with two other political podcast hosts to give our own twisted post-mortem in our final episode of '24.</p><p>Jo...

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  The undecided voter

  Oct 31, 20241 minS0

  <p>When you keep looking at polls that say Trump is up one here, Harris up 2 there—you need to keep one fact in mind. It’s not uncommon for pollsters to push undecided voters and leaners to pick a candidate. To say, “if you were going to vote today who would you choose?” It distorts the true state of the race.</p><p>If you live in a swing state like I do in Wisconsin we have been carpet bombed for months. Mailboxes jammed full of campaign postcards, the incessant tv and radio commercials have pushed the car dealers and home...

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  Election Countdown special with guest Seth Masket

  Oct 29, 202446 minS0

  <p>There are a zillion political scientists at colleges around the country, most are dry and mind-numbing. Seth Masket is one of a handful who is both entertaining and insightful. He’s a perfect guest for our Lost in the Middle Countdown series because he manages to cut through the clutter and spin. He is the director of the Center on American Politics and his column at Substack is a must read. In our final countdown episode, we look at tiny shifts in voting blocs that could tilt the election. We are looking at you political orphans, swing voters and indep...

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  Balanced news coverage?

  Oct 23, 20241 minS0

  <p>Frustrated by the media coverage of the election? Boy, am I with you. Look, I spent a third of my career working as a journalist. And then became a Republican Congressman. Add in an MBA and that makes me unicorn of sorts.</p><p>What is frustrating you with media coverage today is not driven by some weird cabal of the right or left. It is driven by economics. And by a demographic and geographic bubble.</p><p>Flip the channel between Fox and MSNBC and you’ll discover parallel universes. Places I choose not to visit. Faced with mo...

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  Election Countdown special with Isaac Saul of 'Tangle News'

  Oct 23, 202447 minS0

  <p>60% of Americans say they are worn out by so much coverage of the 2024 presidential election (Pew research). And then there are the nagging questions of fairness when only 7% of journalists identify as Republicans.Since I spent 8 years as a Member of Congress and 13 years as a journalist, listeners and readers ask me all the time where can I find solid political coverage that is not slanted?Nobody does a better job than “Tangle News” founded by veteran political journalist and podcaster Isaac Saul. In episode 3 of the Lost in the Middle Countdown we get his insights on the state of the e...

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