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The Purple Principle is an award-winning, pro-democracy, non-partisan podcast for independent-minded Americans exploring the perils of polarization in U.S. politics, society, and daily life. https://purpleprinciple.com
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January 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🎙️ Insight #10: @smerconish.bsky.social (2022) explained how political power shifted from political leaders to media figures, with Ted Cruz’s January 6th comment & conservative blowback as proof.

🗳️ Will this trend continue?

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#Election2024 #PoliticalPower
December 13, 2024 at 8:26 PM
🎙️#9: @drtaniaisrael.bsky.social (2021) explained "affective polarization" - where political vitriol from the left & right starts to sound the same, and voters tune it out.

🗳️ Have you noticed this?

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#Election2024 #Polarization
December 13, 2024 at 7:45 PM
🎙️ Insight #8: Amy Chua (2022) shared how tribalism played a key role in Trump’s rise, highlighting how “market-dominant minorities” like coastal elites spark backlash.

Listen & rank your fave #politicalinsights from our recent episode! 👉 bit.ly/TPPinsights

#Election2024 #PoliticalTribalism
December 12, 2024 at 9:41 PM
🎙️ Insight #7: @chrisbail.bsky.social (2021) explained how social media fuels political polarization & extremism, amplifying extreme voices while muting moderates.

🗳️ Do you see social media driving extremism?
(Hello Bluesky 😉)

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#SocialMedia #Polarization #Election2024
December 12, 2024 at 9:34 PM
🌍 Insight #6: Joel Kotkin (2022) discussed CA’s population shift, with many right-leaning Californian's moving to red/purple states.

That trend is impacting elections, like Sen. Jon Testor's recent loss in Montana.

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#CaliforniaImpact #Election2024
December 12, 2024 at 9:21 PM
🎙️#5: Carlos Curbelo (2022) predicted #Latinovoters would swing to the GOP. Despite anti-immigration rhetoric, issues like jobs, the economy, & #education matter most.

🗳️ Did the GOP win them over, or did Dems miss the mark?👇

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#Election2024 #Politics
December 11, 2024 at 8:31 PM
🎙️#4: @tombedsall.bsky.social (2021) argued Dems shifted from the party of the working class (FDR, Truman, Kennedy) to the upscale, alienating white & minority voters with conservative leanings.

🎧 Listen & rank your fave #TPPinsights here 👉 bit.ly/TPPinsights
#Election2024 #PoliticalInsights
December 11, 2024 at 8:28 PM
🎙️#3: @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social (2022) explored how language from the left may alienate moderate voters, & how political views can be shaped by what feels close to us (e.g. Jan 6th).

What do you think?

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#PoliticalLanguage #Election2024 #TPPinsights
December 11, 2024 at 8:11 PM
🎙️#2: @jayvanbavel.bsky.social (2020) on why voting across party lines is rare: party identity is core to who we are & abandoning it feels like a threat.

🎧 Listen to all 10 insights & rank your faves by Friday:
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#Polarization #Election2024 #PoliticalIdentity
December 10, 2024 at 8:49 PM
🔍 We dug up 10 prescient TPP insights explaining the election & politics today:

🎙️ #1: in Feb 2024, @sykescharlie.bsky.social explained why centrist voters were key to the election & how the GOP has strayed from its conservative roots🤔

🎧 Listen to all 10 & rank your faves
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December 10, 2024 at 6:03 PM