Affordability in American politics
Subject in Politics
Affordability in American politics has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Ezra Klein Show. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Adam JentlesonFounder and president of the Searchlight Institute, former aide to Harry Reid and John Fetterman, author of 'Kill Switch' and 'Supermajority'
Jentleson contends that Democrats cannot over-focus on affordability and that it unites all party factions.
“There's really no way to over-focus on affordability. And I think that's an area of broad agreement that all factions of the Democratic Party can get behind”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 24:25
Jentleson argues voters welcome bold Democratic economic proposals when paired with signs the candidate is not rigidly ideological.
“into Democrats proposing big, bold ideas on economics. The key is to just combine those economic points of view with some level of texture”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 19:04
Ezra KleinNew York Times Opinion columnist and host of The Ezra Klein Show (diarization also merged one PopCast promo line into this label)
Klein relays David Hopkins's finding that reducing geographic polarization requires focusing politics more on economics.
“the way to reduce it to be more competitive in more places is to focus politics more on economics”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 23:07
Podcasts
- The Ezra Klein Show · 1 episode
Episodes
The Path to a Democratic SupermajorityThe Ezra Klein Show · Nov 10, 2026 · 55 min
Ezra Klein and Adam Jentleson discuss how Democrats can turn their 2026 midterm wave into a durable supermajority through big-tent politics, heterodoxy and filibuster reform.
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