Indiana Democratic Party
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Oct 15, 2026
BediaGUEST
And at the same time, there was also a Northern and Southern split happening in the Democratic Party, which I'm sure many of our, m- most of our audience is aware of.
BediaGUEST
Um, because of the emergence of this ab- slavery-obsessed Republican Party, it started to make the Southern Democrats paranoid and also equally obsessed with slavery.
BediaGUEST
And if you were a Northern Democrat, like Thomas Hendricks was, this was incredibly frustrating to you, because you didn't care about slavery at all, and you d- it, it, your, your whole party was basically just, "I don't care about slavery.
BediaGUEST
I don't want slavery in Indiana.
BediaGUEST
There was a moderate Republican named, he was a former Whig named Henry S.
BediaGUEST
Lane who was running against Thomas Hendricks, who, you know, he had gained enough prominence that he was running under the Democratic tipet- ticket, and had a real good chance of winning because, um, the D- Indiana was a primarily Democratic state.
BediaGUEST
So the split in the Democratic Party, um, between the Northern and the Southern, you think why would there be Southern Democrats in Indiana, well, the, the, the people on the Ohio River on the border with Kentucky st- actually [laughs] voted for Joh- uh, for, for Southern Democratic candidates.
BediaGUEST
And that split was enough to make it so that Henry S.
Dion BergeronHOST
Um, I think...
Dion BergeronHOST
Now, one of the things that I did find interesting is that progressives are winning in Michigan City in the Democrat side, uh, versus more traditional Democrats.
Dion BergeronHOST
What do I mean by that? Let's look at down here.
Dion BergeronHOST
Let's get past the Rs.
17 MINS LATER
Dion BergeronHOST
This is actually obviously written from a, a little bit different standpoint, but I agree with what it says.
Dion BergeronHOST
Indiana Capital Chrom- Chronicle commentary, "It's a new race for tech- secretary of state.
Dion BergeronHOST
While Republicans face a convention melee, Democrats could lose a major edge for the fall campaign.
Dion BergeronHOST
They say a lot can happen in an Indiana week.
Rob KendallHOST
So Bartlett's going to be with us.
Rob KendallHOST
John Bartlett, we're going to talk about... how did the Democrats actually get some level of relevance? Nobody thinks Democrats are going to win back the House or the Senate, but how do they get some level of relevance? How does he feel about his opponent's plan to get rid of property taxes? But of course, it also raises taxes overall by $4 billion or more.
Rob KendallHOST
This is kind of what seems like sneaky politics and politicians not following through.
Rob KendallHOST
That's coming up later as well.
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speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Is there any reason to believe that the polling that we're seeing now might be as off as it has been in previous elections?
Tim ScottSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Absolutely.
Tim ScottSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Three out of four polls today oversample Democrats and fewer Republicans.
Tim ScottSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Good news for our candidates.