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Charting the Way Forward
Research-informed strategy and intelligence from across the winning Democratic coalition, with Way to Win cofounders Tory Gavito and Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, and guest appearances from the broader center-left cinematic universe. Hosted by Kerry Eleveld.
Episodes
86 episodes
On the Attack: Battleground Polling in the South and Southwest (ft. Luke Martin)
This week, the Way team is in the weeds preparing for the final election day push—so we're revisiting a show from a couple months back with Luke Martin, diving into tough terrain for Dems with innovative battleground polling. Last week, we look...
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PLUS NINE??? (feat. Celinda Lake)
This week, we are joined by pollster extraordinaire, friend of the pod, and President and Founder of Lake Research Partners, Celinda Lake, to discuss the rapidly shifting electorate in the South and Southwest, and just how effective our most re...
From Trump Curious to Trump Furious (feat. Terrance Woodbury)
Black voters are poised to make the difference this cycle between Democrats regaining control of the Senate and falling just short. From the Sunbelt states of Texas, Georgia, and Mississippi all the way north to Michigan, Democrats' path to the...
Mississippi Surging (feat. Charles Taylor)
Could the Mississippi Senate race also possibly, somehow, be in play this cycle? According to new polling, ABSOLUTELY. Mississippi NAACP Executive Director Charles Taylor, the ultimate organizer-meets-consulant, joins us to share deep insights ...
Organizing the Rich (feat. Michael Gast)
More wealthy people than you'd think are funding movements for stopping fascism and enacting fundamental, structural change in our society. Organizer Michael Gast has been on the front lines of this work and shares his wealth of knowledge on th...
Hold the Salty Grapes
Neither the Bernie left nor the right wing Dems have the right path to persuading less engaged voters, but a lot of Dems and their campaigns are starting to get this right in a big way anyway. Way to Win Executive Director Tory Gavito, Chief St...
Hope on the Edge of the Cliff (feat. Ben Wikler)
Special guest Ben Wikler, former chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, joins Charting The Way Forward this week to talk to host Kerry Eleveld about his new book, "This is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy," and th...
Mega MAGA Corruption (feat. Kristian Ramos)
This week on Charting The Way Forward, we discuss the mood on the Hill heading into the August recess, why Republicans are clinging to immigration like a life raft amid a wreckage, and why it might not provide the salvation they're looking for....
Midterms Update: Actually Eye Popping
For this midsummer midterm election pulse check, Way to Win Political Director Joe Hamill and media and research consultant Dan Ancona join host Kerry Eleveld to cover Dem chances in the electoral landscape, and where Way to Win organizations a...
More is the New More
Rather than pitching the recent surge of candidates from the left as a story about how voters of all kinds are uniting for the kinds of change most Americans want, most of the Democratic establishment has instead decided to brand this movement ...
New York: Clutch Everything (feat. Alex Rojas)
For decades and with very few exceptions, challenges to the Democratic establishment have been generally doomed to failure. That changed this week when three Mamdani-endorsed candidates prevailed in NYC congressional primaries. Justice Democrat...
We Are All Awake Now (feat. Anderson Clayton)
North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton is one of the most infectiously inspiring leaders from across the entire left and Democratic family. She joins Way to Win President Tory Gavito and host Kerry Eleveld to discuss everything ...
Fresh New Latino Worldviews Study (feat. Gretchen Barton)
Worthy Strategy head researcher Gretchen Barton joins Way to Win Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Ancona and Superhost Kerry Eleveld to dive into a rich new ethnographic study of Latinos in South and Southwest. This collaboration between Valiente...
It's Time to Rotate the Crops
Way to Win President Tory Gavito and Consultant of Destiny Dan Ancona join host Kerry Eleveld to talk kitchen table, big tent, WelcomeFest, and big research questions, all through the lens of some really interesting results from Iowa in this we...
Get Your Talafreako On
First up, we cover the very sad news (for Republicans) that shockingly corrupt MAGA loser Ken Paxton prevailed in the Texas Senate primary, and will now be going up against James Talarico and his uncanny ability to bring up incredibly weird man...
We Like a Challenge (feat. Erin Heaney)
SURJ Executive Director Erin Heaney joins host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win head of political Joe Hamill to go through the surprising and hopeful results of some extremely sophisticated deep canvassing work SURJ is doing, very deep in oppositio...
Our Ambition is Way Bigger
AOC on integrity and ambition, Trump on his total disregard for Americans' financial situations and his unbelievable swimming pool guy, and a big shift from Rep Hakeem Jeffries in response to Republican gutting of the civil rights agenda. Way t...
What is Electability, Anyway?
In this week's consideration of various aspects of The Juice, Way to Win President Tory Gavito, DJ/Consultant of Destiny Dan Ancona and Superhost Kerry Eleveld discuss the gutting of the VRA, Platner's shocking flanking of the Dem establishment...
On the Attack: New Battleground Polling from the South & Southwest
This week’s show is a swan dive into tough terrain for Dems with fresh, innovative battleground polling. Way to Win worked with Impact Research and Lake Research to zero in on messages that move gettable voters in conservative South and Southwe...
Kicking Off the Affordability Listening Tour (feat. Rep. Yassamin Ansari)
Democratic rising star Rep. Yassamin Ansari joins host Kerry Eleveld to discuss the Las Vegas launch of the Affordability Listening Tour, sponsored by the Way to Win and members of Congressional Progressive Caucus. Next up: Houston and Phoenix!...
Not Red, but Rigged (feat. Todd Zimmer)
Todd Zimmer of Down Home North Carolina joins host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Fernandez Ancona for an update from the front lines of one of the spiciest battleground states this cycle.
Expand Your Imagination, Part 2
Way to Win President Tory Gavito and Political Director Joe Hamill join host Kerry Eleveld to cover this week's wild swings in American democracy, including a LOT of electoral good news.
Darkest Moments to Brightest Stars (feat. LaTosha Brown)
Strategist, superstar organizer and Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown joins host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win President Tory Gavito to continue a guaranteed-inspirational discussion that Tory and LaTosha started at the Edmund Pettus ...
The First Step in Fixing Media is Admitting We Have a Problem (feat. Mark Histed)
Way to Win star consultant Dan Ancona hosts a conversation with NIH neuroscientist and superactivist Mark Histed (speaking in his personal capacity, not as a representative of the agency) about the attacks on science under this administration, ...
Who's Got the Juice? (Moral Rot Edition)
Host Kerry Eleveld, Way to Win Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, and Star Consultant Dan Ancona get together to talk who was cooking this week (James Talarico, Jon Ossoff, Kat Abughazaleh and whichever ad firm that made Cornyn's ...