Pitchfork Politics https://pitchforkpolitics.substack.com/ en © 2026 Civic Ventures How to run and win on the economy. Voters have thrown out the party in power in 11 of the last 14 national elections. They’re furious because both parties have failed them on the economy. Whoever finally delivers won’t just win a race. They’ll have a shot at building the kind of supermajority it takes to govern. Hosts Zach Silk and Richard Trent are experienced organizers and campaign veterans who know what voters want from the economy because they’ve heard it firsthand. Each week, they and Nick Hanauer break down the political implications of economic news, talk with the candidates, strategists, pollsters, and economists shaping today’s politics, and help chart a path to victory.  For candidates, campaign staff, strategists, journalists, and anyone who wants to understand how elections are won and lost on the economy. Cousin to Pitchfork Economics https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2bb173b0-cfff-11f1-bda1-4ffde3f9d15f/image/b5f4c8a15815bd7a3ef8c8634111ef60.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Pitchfork Politics https://pitchforkpolitics.substack.com/ yes episodic Civic Ventures How to run and win on the economy. Voters have thrown out the party in power in 11 of the last 14 national elections. They’re furious because both parties have failed them on the economy. Whoever finally delivers won’t just win a race. They’ll have a shot at building the kind of supermajority it takes to govern. Hosts Zach Silk and Richard Trent are experienced organizers and campaign veterans who know what voters want from the economy because they’ve heard it firsthand. Each week, they and Nick Hanauer break down the political implications of economic news, talk with the candidates, strategists, pollsters, and economists shaping today’s politics, and help chart a path to victory.  For candidates, campaign staff, strategists, journalists, and anyone who wants to understand how elections are won and lost on the economy. Cousin to Pitchfork Economics How to run and win on the economy.

Voters have thrown out the party in power in 11 of the last 14 national elections. They’re furious because both parties have failed them on the economy. Whoever finally delivers won’t just win a race. They’ll have a shot at building the kind of supermajority it takes to govern.

Hosts Zach Silk and Richard Trent are experienced organizers and campaign veterans who know what voters want from the economy because they’ve heard it firsthand. Each week, they and Nick Hanauer break down the political implications of economic news, talk with the candidates, strategists, pollsters, and economists shaping today’s politics, and help chart a path to victory. 

For candidates, campaign staff, strategists, journalists, and anyone who wants to understand how elections are won and lost on the economy.

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]]> Civic Ventures accounts@civic-ventures.com Who Are The New Swing Voters? Working-class voters are now the most volatile bloc in American politics, and they are judging both parties by a simple test: are paychecks rising faster than costs? Hosts Zach Silk and Richard Trent connect decades of change elections to economic dissatisfaction, explain why the old “soccer mom” model of the swing voter no longer fits, and assess what the coming election will reveal in places including Alaska, Texas, Kansas, and Maine. The takeaway for campaigns is direct: earning power requires a credible economic agenda that voters can feel at the kitchen table, and governing power requires delivering on it. Pitchfork Politics is a project of Civic Ventures and the Middle Out Center, produced by Sam Holman and Larj Media. Tina Nole and Isaac Kaplan-Woolner produced and edited this episode. Greg Shishman engineered the episode. Mentioned in This Episode Ethan Chen / DeCalibrate 2024 minimum-wage / paid-leave ballot measures in Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska Marist Poll: Maine Senate race Steve Rattner / wealth-inequality graphic Pitchfork Economics The Pitch Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:00:00 -0000 full Civic Ventures Working-class voters are now the most volatile bloc in American politics, and they are judging both parties by a simple test: are paychecks rising faster than costs? Hosts Zach Silk and Richard Trent connect decades of change elections to economic dissatisfaction, explain why the old “soccer mom” model of the swing voter no longer fits, and assess what the coming election will reveal in places including Alaska, Texas, Kansas, and Maine. The takeaway for campaigns is direct: earning power requires a credible economic agenda that voters can feel at the kitchen table, and governing power requires delivering on it. Pitchfork Politics is a project of Civic Ventures and the Middle Out Center, produced by Sam Holman and Larj Media. Tina Nole and Isaac Kaplan-Woolner produced and edited this episode. Greg Shishman engineered the episode. Mentioned in This Episode Ethan Chen / DeCalibrate 2024 minimum-wage / paid-leave ballot measures in Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska Marist Poll: Maine Senate race Steve Rattner / wealth-inequality graphic Pitchfork Economics The Pitch Working-class voters are now the most volatile bloc in American politics, and they are judging both parties by a simple test: are paychecks rising faster than costs?

Hosts Zach Silk and Richard Trent connect decades of change elections to economic dissatisfaction, explain why the old “soccer mom” model of the swing voter no longer fits, and assess what the coming election will reveal in places including Alaska, Texas, Kansas, and Maine. The takeaway for campaigns is direct: earning power requires a credible economic agenda that voters can feel at the kitchen table, and governing power requires delivering on it.

Pitchfork Politics is a project of Civic Ventures and the Middle Out Center, produced by Sam Holman and Larj Media. Tina Nole and Isaac Kaplan-Woolner produced and edited this episode. Greg Shishman engineered the episode.


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