Wedge issue

But economic leverage is really just one half of the equation.

Today's papers show that cultural wedge issues are being deployed with just as much mechanical precision.

Absolutely.

The LA Times is tracking how transgender rights in sports have completely returned to the election spotlight.

Oh, completely.

California Governor Gavin Newsom went on the record saying he finds trans athletes in girls' sports deeply unfair.

Which raises an important question about the actual mechanics of wedge issues.

See, the goal isn't necessarily to pass immediate policy.

Um, so-

Well, the wedge issues-- The wedge issue of immigration, let's face it, it's a matrix tie.

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Yeah

the, the right is firm on we're a sovereign nation with borders and law and order, and they're all for it.

And then there's the other side that has managed to multiply this messaging of we're just rounding up people like Gestapo forces and throwing them out the count- But when you get to the wedge issue of AI, I definitely sense more people who are concerned than are excited about renaming it and owning it and leading the world with it.

Uh, any other wedge issues out there that are just floating that you think are a legitimate wedge issue that could, could sway an otherwise un-united, unenthusiastic electorate?

Well, I, I mean, immigration and the economy to me are the two big ones.