Politics. Good morning. Thanks for coming on. 2018,survey looks at particularly how democrats might be able to win back the house. What were you trying to get with this survey . Guest 2018 is the focus of a lot of democrats right now. A lot of folks are saying democrats should just run for the suburbs, the places where they picked up votes in 2016 and not worry about the trump voters. We looked at districts that democrats would have to win back the houseajority in and realized you cannot get there just by going through the suburbs. A category ofn in places with different problems and different economic situations they are dealing with. Call these majority major districts. The report is on our website am and there are highlights of these districts. They are categorized in four ways. Suburban areas, left behind, nonconformist districts some are selfexplanatory. Guest the suburban districts are places are democrats did better than they had in the past in those places, but those places are growing and thriving in the new economy. Most people are college educated, more than the general population, and they are trending in the democrats direction. There are only 14 of those that democrats could actually pick up. The left behind areas are places that are not as connected to the new economy. People are not doing as well there. They feel like they are being pretty squeeze, and there are not a lot of College Graduates in those places. There are 12 democrats that are incumbents in those places, and there is no mathematical way to get to the majority without keeping those. Then there are the diverse fastgrowing regions, which are little more connected to the new economy than the left behind areas, but they are not as collegeeducated. There are a lot of folks feeling like theyre moving forward in a good way but still are not available economically than the thriving suburban districts. Then there are some nonconformist districts that do not fall into any of those categories. The upshot is democrats cannot get to the math they need for the majority without winning in every single one of those kind of districts. Host the messaging has to be a serious concern for the Democratic Party. How do you reach out for those in the crowd said voted for President Trump . Guest people want to feel like people care about what is going on in their daily lives and in the economy in their area, and they feel like democrats have been really focused on urban on the coast, and not places that have struggled in the new economy. They want to make sure that whoever theyve vote for is focusing on jobs and their economic struggles and daily lives, and really making things better for them and not just concentrated on those other things. Host we will look at these areas across the country and what it means for democrats in my be interested in taking back the house. 2027488000 for democrats. For republicans, it is 2027488001. Ndependents, 2027488002 if you are a democrat who voted for president from and you want to tell us why, 2027488003. We saw the democrats last week go down to virginia and talk about this better way forward, and message of economics. Thatis the kind of message will have to reach out to these favors areas then . Guest there are three good things about a better deal, the new messaging that the house and Senate Released last week. It shows that they are not just against trump. They are not watching trumps twitter everyday and are not so concerned about the daily goingson in the white house that we are. They really care about how their lives are going to be made better. It shows the democrats have an agenda to do that. They are very focused on the economy, which is what people want to talk about, and it shows we care about jobs, their number one concern. Also, it is a broad message that does not just try to take people by Demographic Group and give them each their thing. In 2016lem folks had was that held democrats really spoke to each group separately and sometimes do not speak to their group at all. Latinos abouttold immigration, told millennials about paying for congress. Thoseind of folds all of takes a or at least step in the right direction. Deal onu can watch that the website, cspan. Org. You can find the study and survey that our guest did, a little bit about third way and its purpose. Tank ine are a think d. C. , and we focus on trying to understand voters in the middle and swing voters and also trying to offer modern policies that will help us thrive in our changing economy. Comes on ourall democratic line from las vegas, nevada. Anthony, you are on with lanae erickson hatalsky. Caller it is interesting. We have these people from think tanks who kind of want to tell us how to think. I was a sanders voter in the primaries. There were a lot of things of the Democratic Party there is a lot of things the Democratic Party will have to do if they want to win, and they are not doing that now, like picking Kamala Harris up in the hamptons as the chosen candidate. We need to work on our primaries, have fair primaries. Our last primary was completely rigged, and you guys know that. You dont cover that, and you make sure to keep that out of the news. Now i am in online groups with hundreds of thousands of sanders supporters, and you guys better listen to what this is basically their message we do not get our primaries together and allow the people to pick the candidate, instead of the candidates being picked in back rooms Smoking Cigars like they are arguing in the dnc lawsuit they have the right to do, then the Democratic Party will be destroyed. Laid i think the caller into something a lot of folks are concerned about right now, which is that our political system is broken and some way. When people say the system is rigged, when you dig deeper and you say, what do you mean by that, they say the political system is rigged. They are frustrated with how things are going in this town and feel the system is not responsive to them. I think a big component longerterm is to show that they are being responsive to that and offering reforms that will make our electoral system and our political system more representative of the people. As the party of government, all the Democrat Solutions require the government to do something at to work. And if people do not believe it can work, it is difficult to get them to believe it can do anything else. Host your study looks at what is needed to retake the house. What are the actual numbers needed as far as seats gained . Guest democrats need to pick up to a four of these seats in the districts. King they need to hold 24 and take that 24 more. When you look at the categories, there are 14 in the suburbs they need to take him a 12 they hold in the left behind areas. Republicans hold all of the nonconformist districts, so they have to figure out ways to address those places. They would also need to pick up some and the divers fastgrowing regions. Host sounds like a tall order. Guest it is. Host from minnesota, independent line. Caller good morning to you. Obviously your guest is from minnesota, it looks like. The question i have is, you know, when your website says you are a centrist think tank but then you say you are left of the third it is about way, i do not understand with the third way is. Youre basically progressive. Council,n obamas whatever that is. You are basically just a leftwing think tank that is out for the democrats. This hear is they need many number of senators are this toy number of house members take it over, basically a Democratic Party think tank. Tell me why you are not. Guest we are a centerleft think tank and work more with democrats than with republicans, especially in political works, but we also work with republicans across the aisle on different issues, working on Higher Education right now, working on clean energy with a lot of republicans. Partys best the river through the center, that the Democratic Party is a good vehicle because it needs to have so many moderates within it in achieve a loto of the centerleft policies we want to see, and that is what we concentrate on. We are trying to drive the conversation towards the center but knowing we are living in a twoparty system that we feel is here to stay, at least for now, so we have two works are one of the parties. Host democratic line, call from maryland. Jerry, go ahead. Caller i got a copy of a the intelligence professionals for sanity. It has not shown up anywhere too much lately. I got a copy. This report is written by a former nsa director and an independent analyst, retired ibm and also er, host tell me your point. What are you trying to say . Cia analyst. Mer the point is the russian socalled hack it was not a hack, it was a leak from the inside. The dnc problem, what they did to bernie sanders, you