How Big Is The Support For MAHA Really? The Numbers Are In! We Talk w Pollster Erica Seifert & MAHA Supporter Aaron Everitt

It’s been just over a year since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood before a raucous Arizona crowd and asked, “Don’t you want a president who’s going to make America healthy again?”-- and with that, the MAHA era began.

Now, for the first time, we have data showing how big this movement really is--and how much of America agrees with it. A brand-new national poll reveals what’s fueling MAHA’s rise: from food and fitness to vaccines, chemicals, and pesticides.

How has MAHA reshaped MAGA — and how has MAGA reshaped MAHA? Which MAHA issues resonate most with the rest of the country? And how much do vaccines really factor into the movement’s identity?

We’ll dig into the numbers with Erica Seifert of Navigator Research. Joining the convo is MAHA supporter Aaron Everitt, who is a friend of the show.

If you’ve been tempted to write MAHA off as a small, fringe movement…you're gonna want to sit down for this one.  

Hosts:

Brinda Adhikari

Tom Johnson

Maggie Bartlett

Dr. Mark Abdelmalek

Guests:

Aaron Everitt, MAHA supporter, former Kennedy campaign volunteer, video journalist and writer for Besides the Revolution and for prominent MAHA influencer Jessica Reed Kraus' House InHabit newsletter. 

Erica Seifert, polling expert and senior director at Navigator Research, a progressive polling firm

Links to the Navigator Poll:

https://navigatorresearch.org/maha-americans-and-health-and-wellness/
https://navigatorresearch.org/maha-the-policies-and-messages/

Global Strategy Group conducted a public opinion survey among a sample of 1,000 registered voters from September 4-September 8, 2025. 100 additional interviews were conducted among Hispanic voters. 100 additional interviews were conducted among African American voters. 75 additional interviews were conducted among Asian American and Pacific Islander voters. 100 additional interviews were conducted among independent voters. For more on the poll, please visit www.navigatorresearch.org

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Chapters

• 0:16 Intro and Headlines: How Influential Is the MAHA Movement?
• 3:53 Understanding the MAHA Movement Hasn't Always Been Easy
• 6:28 How Did The Country View Health Priorities Before Kennedy at HHS?
• 10:57 Discussing the Navigator Poll with Erica Seifert and Aaron Everitt
• 12:27 Who Did Erica Interview for this Survey?
• 17:30 Aaron on Food Being the Entry Point
• 23:04 Defining What MAHA Is to Survey Takers
• 24:47 Health is Personal not Political
• 26:01 Erica: On Support for Kennedy
• 27:53 Erica: On Values Statement in the Report
• 30:37 Aaron Everitt
• 31:50 On Health Care
• 33:40 Aaron on EPA and Regulation
• 35:19 On Vaccines
• 43:49 What These Findings Mean Politically and Personally
• 49:11 The Economics of Health
• 51:03 The Politics of Vaccines for MAHA
• 53:06 Polling on Birth Control
• 54:44 Dr. Mark: My Patients Don't Talk Like This
• 1:01:12 Pfizer/AZ Drug Deals and the MAHA-MAGA Alliance
• 1:04:30 Erica: Navigator Has Been Tracking Vaccines
• 1:08:52 Aaron on Widening the Tent
• 1:10:07 On Democrats and a Health Platform
• 1:12:12 Thank you for joining us!