Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen

Everybody's Got a Type

July 23, 2026·55 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

This series is all about pushing past the dichotomies of American politics to better understand why voters prefer X to Y, Yea to Nay, or Red to Blue. Our friends at the Pew Research Center are of a like mind, so we asked Director of Politics Jocelyn Kiley to join Henry to discuss the center's new political typology: Beyond Red vs. Blue. Tune in to understand Pew's methods and analysis of the American electorate's breakdown, ranging from Leftward Progressives to the No Apologies Right, with an Order and Opportunity Left, a Tuned-Out Middle, and a Pragmatic and Polite Right among those in between. (Find the quiz here to see where you land!)Plus, Henry darts about the map as the race to control the Senate gets even more interesting: To Maine, where Democrats seem settled on Troy Jackson to replace Graham Platner; to South Carolina, where the president has nudged Darline Graham Nordone — sister of the late Lindsey Graham — to run; and then on to the American West, where Democrats are hoping to slip like-minded Independents past decidedly Republican-leaning voters.  And we take a look at a few ads from the Wisconsin gubernatorial contest to compare how Progressive candidate Francesca Hong attempts to define herself ahead of the August 11th primary against spots from a Republican PAC that hopes their party faces her in the fall.

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