The Mid-Term Elections- Conversation w/ Arizona Voters - Part 1

“There are significant concerns with respect to our democracy,” says Geoffrey Gordan, on this episode of Cuckoo for politics. This episode begins a new series where Michael talks to residents of state’s to get their take on the political climate. Today, he welcomes Geoffrey and his wife Elizabeth Coleman Gordan, residents of Arizona, a state with a large independent base. They explain there is ‘a trifecta’ of elections that will take place in November: governor, senator, and secretary of state. And they are very concerned about the integrity of democracy, and about the consequences of electing people who continue to support Trump and repeat his more divisive and dangerous rhetoric.

They discuss the measures being taken to complicate the mail-in voting process as a method of discouraging or disqualifying certain demographics from participating. Another method of influencing election outcomes is to rezone voting districts, which is something they experienced with their own issues. Michael asks the couple their views, as residents of a border state, on the border crisis, and whether it’s truly a crisis at all.

As midterms fast approach, the only thing to rival the tension is the passion of dedicated citizens like Elizabeth and Geoffrey. Join the conversation to hear more.

Quotes

• “In a lot of ways, the rhetoric has not changed or lessened in any way since Trump has left office. In fact, I think it's become more strident. And it's concerning. I'm terrified that the folks who are going to be in these high offices are still talking about ‘the steal’ and that the election was stolen from Trump.” (6:50-7:15 | Elizabeth)
• “Here in Arizona, we have the trifecta: the race for governor, the Secretary of State, and our Senator, who are all Trump endorsed election deniers.” (8:29-8:50  |Geoffrey)
• “Democracy requires us to first start on good faith. We will always have differences of opinion, we will disagree, but we have to be able to come together in good faith, to work out those differences within a democratic system and within the political system.” (27:15-27:38 | Geoffrey)

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