Democrats target working-class voters in Iowa and Montana

民主党瞄准爱荷华州和蒙大拿州的工人阶级选民

The NPR Politics Podcast

2026-06-02

18 分钟
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To win control of Congress, Democrats need to win rural and working-class voters in traditionally Republican strongholds. We discuss the party’s strategies in two states with primary elections on Tuesday, Iowa and Montana.  This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, political reporter Stephen Fowler, and rural affairs correspondent Kirk Siegler. This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

  • I'm Miles Parks.

  • I cover voting.

  • I'm Stephen Fowler.

  • I cover politics.

  • And NPR's Kirk Sigler is also here with us.

  • Hi, Kirk.

  • Hello, guys.

  • Thanks for being here.

  • So today on the show, Democrats need to win back rural and working

  • class voters if they want to have a shot at retaking Congress this November.

  • So today, we're going to talk about two states that have primaries tomorrow where they're trying to do that.

  • Iowa.

  • And Montana.

  • So let's start with Iowa, Stephen,