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Party Or Person? How Voters — And Candidates — View Political Allegiances In 2020

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What's more important to you in the 2020 campaign, party or person? We're talking about voter and candidate attitudes in 2020.

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is a leading contender for the presidential nomination, especially after his first-place New Hampshire finish. But it's a primary for a party Sanders is only nominally a part of. What does he owe Democrats if he isn't the eventual nominee? We're talking about how voters — and candidates — think about allegiance to parties or people heading into the 2020 election.

Our guests are:

  • Dean Lacy, professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College and director of the Politics and Law program, researching politics, elections and public opinion
  • Republican Sen. Joe Benning, on how he thinks about this as a candidate and a voter
  • Democratic Sen. Ginny Lyons,discusses her identity as a Democrat in Vermont

Broadcast live on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
Matt Smith worked for Vermont Public from 2017 to 2023 as managing editor and senior producer of Vermont Edition.
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