Oct 15, 2026 · 52 min · 11 segments
Today we continue our 2-year-anniversary Closing Argument series with Ryan O'Donnell, Executive Director of Data For Progress, to survey the greater political landscape with just over 2 weeks left…
Yeah, and like this, the, th- this, your point about, like, trying to think about where things are going or think about what the narrative that's gonna come out of an election, you know, and what the arc is gonna be is so, so important, and it's something that it seems like establishment Dems really, really struggle with.
Y- you know, the, the, there's sort of a, a, a flip side to this, where I feel like people talk about a lot of these places, you know, like campaigns that are happening, like Democrats are, you know, seem to be competitive in places that they have no business winning, places like Iowa.
And like i- shifts that are happening in the South, which, which is what, you know, Way to Win is super, super focused on.
W- Georgia wasn't on anybody's map three cycles ago, and now it is, partially because of Way to Win's investments, so, you know, credit where it's due, right? But like, but w- along with Bu- You know, anytime we say, "Oh, Way to Win did this," or whatever, you always know in politics there's always a million other people working on a thing, too, right? You know, so it's like we're, we're part of the, part of the team, but it's like it's never...
And just for people who are, who are watching, or people who are listening and not watching, the slide that Ryan put up, Carrie's nodding here, 'cause [laughs] we gotta, we try to describe it, give a que- quick disco- or quick explanation of, of every, of the visual.
There's a big purple line that's at like li- like 30%, and then, like, all the other lines, all the other issues are all at the bottom, and they all haven't changed, right? [laughs] They're like, they go-
Yeah, and like this, the, th- this, your point about, like, trying to think about where things are going or think about what the narrative that's gonna come out of an election, you know, and what the arc is gonna be is so, so important, and it's something that it seems like establishment Dems really, really struggle with.
Y- you know, the, the, there's sort of a, a, a flip side to this, where I feel like people talk about a lot of these places, you know, like campaigns that are happening, like Democrats are, you know, seem to be competitive in places that they have no business winning, places like Iowa.
And like i- shifts that are happening in the South, which, which is what, you know, Way to Win is super, super focused on.
W- Georgia wasn't on anybody's map three cycles ago, and now it is, partially because of Way to Win's investments, so, you know, credit where it's due, right? But like, but w- along with Bu- You know, anytime we say, "Oh, Way to Win did this," or whatever, you always know in politics there's always a million other people working on a thing, too, right? You know, so it's like we're, we're part of the, part of the team, but it's like it's never...
And just for people who are, who are watching, or people who are listening and not watching, the slide that Ryan put up, Carrie's nodding here, 'cause [laughs] we gotta, we try to describe it, give a que- quick disco- or quick explanation of, of every, of the visual.
There's a big purple line that's at like li- like 30%, and then, like, all the other lines, all the other issues are all at the bottom, and they all haven't changed, right? [laughs] They're like, they go-
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