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Christian college professors Matt Parks and David Corbin explore the ideas behind today's headlines.
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Saturday Nov 02, 2024
Saturday Nov 02, 2024
After 2 ½ years away, we come back for a special election preview episode.
Matt Parks and David Corbin explore the ideas behind today's headlines.
Opening and closing music from “2020 Vision (Worse than Blind)” by Fred Lancia. Used with permission.
Opening (0:53) - We talk about our new jobs and new homes in new states and speculate about the popular demand for more DIA-Today.
A New Consensus? (6:36) - We discuss the broader context of another very close presidential election and what it would take to break that pattern in 2028.
The Trajectory of the Election (20:05) - We discuss the defining events of the presidential race over the last six months. Link: RealClearPolitics; Axios on Pew Research findings about double-haters.
Tocqueville’s Crystal Ball (27:36) - We predict the results of the presidential election. Link: PBS on changes in Michigan’s elections laws.
Email: DemocracyinAmericaToday@gmail.com
Matt Parks and David Corbin both taught politics at The King’s College in New York City and have written together on reviving American republicanism, The Federalist, and Democracy in America. All views expressed in this podcast are those of the speaker and not necessarily those of their present or former employers.
7 months ago
As a libertarian, I prefer the state by state approach. Also on a practical level, the highest level of legislature we have that is actually functioning is on the state level. I can not imagine the federal legislature actually having a vote on this matter.