Charting the Way Forward

Rather than pitching the recent surge of candidates from the left as a story about how voters of all kinds are uniting for the kinds of change most Americans want, most of the Democratic establishment has instead decided to brand this movement as a threat. Way to Win President Tory Gavito and media and research consultant Dan Ancona join host Kerry Eleveld to weigh perspectives (two in particular,...

For decades and with very few exceptions, challenges to the Democratic establishment have been generally doomed to failure. That changed this week when three Mamdani-endorsed candidates prevailed in NYC congressional primaries. Justice Democrats Executive Director Alex Rojas joins Way to Win President Tory Gavito and CSO Jenifer Fernandez Ancona to both dig into and savor these results.

North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton is one of the most infectiously inspiring leaders from across the entire left and Democratic family. She joins Way to Win President Tory Gavito and host Kerry Eleveld to discuss everything that's moving forward in her home state.

Worthy Strategy head researcher Gretchen Barton joins Way to Win Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Ancona and Superhost Kerry Eleveld to dive into a rich new ethnographic study of Latinos in South and Southwest. This collaboration between Valiente, Way to Win and Worthy goes far, far beyond the "Latinos aren't a monolith" cliche and digs into how identity shapes these voters and what t...

Way to Win President Tory Gavito and Consultant of Destiny Dan Ancona join host Kerry Eleveld to talk kitchen table, big tent, WelcomeFest, and big research questions, all through the lens of some really interesting results from Iowa in this week's primaries. And don't miss another banger of a Jon Ossoff clip.

First up, we cover the very sad news (for Republicans) that shockingly corrupt MAGA loser Ken Paxton prevailed in the Texas Senate primary, and will now be going up against James Talarico and his uncanny ability to bring up incredibly weird manly insecurities in Republican operatives. Then the team — Way to Win President Tory Gavito, Head of Political Joe Hamill, Consultant of Destiny Dan Ancona,...

SURJ Executive Director Erin Heaney joins host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win head of political Joe Hamill to go through the surprising and hopeful results of some extremely sophisticated deep canvassing work SURJ is doing, very deep in opposition in territory.

AOC on integrity and ambition, Trump on his total disregard for Americans' financial situations and his unbelievable swimming pool guy, and a big shift from Rep Hakeem Jeffries in response to Republican gutting of the civil rights agenda. Way to Win President Tory Gavito, Chief Strategy Office Jenifer Ancona and host Kerry Eleveld break down the week.

In this week's consideration of various aspects of The Juice, Way to Win President Tory Gavito, DJ/Consultant of Destiny Dan Ancona and Superhost Kerry Eleveld discuss the gutting of the VRA, Platner's shocking flanking of the Dem establishment in Maine, and a fun approach from another upstart candidate running for the seat previously held by Nancy Pelosi.

This week’s show is a swan dive into tough terrain for Dems with fresh, innovative battleground polling. Way to Win worked with Impact Research and Lake Research to zero in on messages that move gettable voters in conservative South and Southwest battleground states and districts. Trump’s catastrophic failure on the economy has unlocked the door for Dems; with focus and effort, they may be able to...

Democratic rising star Rep. Yassamin Ansari joins host Kerry Eleveld to discuss the Las Vegas launch of the Affordability Listening Tour, sponsored by the Way to Win and members of Congressional Progressive Caucus. Next up: Houston and Phoenix!

Todd Zimmer of Down Home North Carolina joins host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Fernandez Ancona for an update from the front lines of one of the spiciest battleground states this cycle.

Way to Win President Tory Gavito and Political Director Joe Hamill join host Kerry Eleveld to cover this week's wild swings in American democracy, including a LOT of electoral good news.

Strategist, superstar organizer and Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown joins host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win President Tory Gavito to continue a guaranteed-inspirational discussion that Tory and LaTosha started at the Edmund Pettus Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee in early March of this year.

Way to Win star consultant Dan Ancona hosts a conversation with NIH neuroscientist and superactivist Mark Histed (speaking in his personal capacity, not as a representative of the agency) about the attacks on science under this administration, the changes and degradation in media that got him involved and got all of us to this point, and what may possibly be our nerdiest three media things ever.

Host Kerry Eleveld, Way to Win Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, and Star Consultant Dan Ancona get together to talk who was cooking this week (James Talarico, Jon Ossoff, Kat Abughazaleh and whichever ad firm that made Cornyn's most recent ad) and who was cooked (Ken Paxton, Trump, and everyone else dragging us into this idiotic, racist war).

Terrance Woodbury from HIT Strategies presents Black Opps, their deep research project on understanding why Black voters have been super motivated but less willing to publicly protest the Trump administration. He joins host Kerry Eleveld, President Tory Gavito and Chief Strategist Jenifer Fernandez Ancona to unpack and discuss what they found. Please read more and follow Terrance's work here:...

G. Elliott Morris has been putting up banger after banger of polls, studies and analyses at Strength in Numbers. Host Kerry Eleveld and Strategist Dan Ancona invited him to come by the show and discuss a couple recent standouts: how Democrats biggest problem is being seen as too weak, not too liberal, philosophies of writing good survey questions, and a little on Texas.

Host Kerry Eleveld has on Way to Win Texas experts President Tory Gavito and  Political Director Joe Hamill for a short discussion of the seismic shifts happening in Texas, as viewed through the lens of yesterday's high energy and very high vibe primary election.

A little tweak to our format this week: Host Kerry Eleveld is joined by President Tory Gavito and Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Fernandez Ancona to go over some clips of the public figures who did great and... less great this week. They dig into some of the best bits of Spanberger's out-of-nowhere surprise fantastic State of the Union Response, some of the strong stuff Jon Ossoff has been sl...

"There is no one in charge anymore. That is both incredibly scary and part of why the last year has felt so discombobulating for so many people, but it is also so freeing. We have this incredible opportunity to reshape where we want the party to go, to reimagine the future." - Run for Something's Amanda Litman, who joins host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win President Tory Gavito for th...

In our long odyssey encouraging Democrats to update their thinking, we have been lucky to find allies doing fantastic and deep work in specific issue areas. Insha Rahman, the Vera Institute's VP of Advocacy and Partnerships, is one such wonderful expert. She joins host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Ancona for a critical conversation about how Dems can sharpen the...

The results of last Saturday's special election in Texas Senate District SD-09 are still sending shockwaves out through the state and nationally. Host Kerry Eleveld and two of the biggest Texas experts we know, Way to Win President Tory Gavito and Political Director Joe Hamill, break down the huge swings away from right wing MAGA extremism.

Indivisible head Leah Greenberg joins host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win President Tory Gavito for an urgent conversation on moving Democrats to maximal opposition, our current best chance at stopping ICE.

In the past few weeks, abolishing ICE has become an unambiguous and urgent moral imperative. Democrats aren't used to winning arguments like this but stopping the ongoing harassment and terror of our own communities by agents of the government we pay for has become such an urgent priority that for many voters, the legitimacy of our political system is at stake. Join host Kerry Eleveld, Way to...