Short Term Pain, Long Term Gain

Max and Stacy discuss the issues that motivated US voters in the midterms: the number one being healthcare and the least effective being ‘Russiagate,’ as most voters felt it was a ‘politically motivated’. They also discuss the strong support for Trump in the agricultural heartland, despite the trade war with China harming them economically. In the second half, Max interviews former head of the Democratic Party in North Carolina, Randy Voller, who assesses the ‘Blue Wave,’ and how it is that progressive policies on the local and state levels did so well.