"Haley Stevens's and Abdul El-Sayed's campaigns are different in ways that are pitting Democratic voters' heads against their hearts. With polls showing El-Sayed leading by double digits, I wonder if the heart is pulling away." My latest @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/michigan-d...

‘It’s My Bleeding Heart’: Michiganders Agonize Over Stevens vs. El-Sayed

Tomorrow’s Michigan primary is the Democratic party’s identity crisis in microcosm.

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“The word ‘authenticity’ gets kicked around a lot, including by me. It’s worth digging into what it truly means for a candidate to clear the authenticity bar.” Read my latest on The Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-unl...

How to Unlock the Authenticity Trap

To thine own self be true.

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"Fairly or unfairly, in voters’ minds advanced age often mingles with long tenures to produce the impression of entrenched establishment politics—something primary voters in both parties are very much in the mood to reject." My latest @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/voters-age...

Voters’ Age Concerns Aren’t Really About Age

In focus groups, they tell me that the number isn’t the actual issue.

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The How to Eat an Elephant book tour is coming to Kenyon College on September 16! Really excited to return to my alma mater and talk about saving democracy. Get your tickets here: www.kenyon.edu/events/an-ev...

"It’s unlikely Democrats can stop Blanche from being confirmed. They’d need the help of some Senate Republicans to do that…But Democrats can delegitimize him in the court of public opinion." My latest, only @thebulwark.com: lnk.thebulwark.com/44YbXgt

One Weird Trick for Torpedoing Todd Blanche’s Hearing

Trump voters tell me again and again they’re disappointed with the president over one thing. It could complicate his hopes for a new attorney general.

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“There had already been months of talk about Platner’s bad behavior at this point…But many in the group were still planning on supporting him. So we asked them what would make them change their vote.” Read the rest of my latest, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/graham-pla...

Graham Platner Crossed the Voters’ Red Line

There was one thing Maine women told us would keep them from supporting him—and it just became public.

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LIVE momentarily, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social talk POLITICO's bombshell story on Graham Platner, Platner's response, and the future of the campaign:

BREAKING: Horrific Allegations Against Graham Platner Put Campaign in Doubt

Sarah Longwell and Tim Miller are going live to cover POLITICO's bombshell story on Graham Platner, Platner's response, and the future of the campaign.

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"The ruling—a 5–4 decision that Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship was unconstitutional—showed that the justices were torn. And they’re hardly alone." NEW from @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on her latest focus group: lnk.thebulwark.com/4vSqVR6

“Immigration hawkishness spurred Trump’s rise in 2016 and propelled his return to office in 2024. And it is going to be a litmus test for any GOP presidential aspirant in 2028 and beyond.” My latest on birthright citizenship, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/voters-are...

Voters are Sounding More and More Like Trump on Birthright Citizenship

He lost in court. But he’s bending reality to his warped point of view.

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NEW: "Is Democratic socialism the new hotness? Should mainstream Democrats panic? I don’t think so. But mainstream Democrats do need to wake up to what their voters are demanding." Check out my latest for The Triad only @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-r...

The Real Reason the Democratic Socialists Are Surging

More Democrats aren’t becoming socialists, they’re just really pissed.

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Attention @thebulwark.com & @podsaveamerica.crooked.com fans: Don't miss @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social in convo with @danpfeiffer.bsky.social at @cwclub.bsky.social. Find out "how to eat an elephant" Sept. 14, 6 p.m. in San Francisco. Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...

At Aspen Ideas, KF Senior Fellow @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social brought her focus-group insight into a larger conversation about what this political moment is revealing: voters are frustrated, and ready for leaders who can meet the moment with clarity and purpose.

The Bulwark Live: Declarations of Independence

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@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social called this shot from a mile away. #SarahIsAlwaysRight

If you’ve got your eyes on Colorado after last week’s primaries, you’ll learn something from this week’s Focus Group Pod. I sit down with @kylec.bsky.social to discuss why Democratic incumbents are facing bigger headwinds than you might expect: youtu.be/htEu_hXxdic

Why is Lauren Boebert Standing Up to Trump? (w/ Kyle Clark) | Focus Group

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The How to Eat an Elephant book tour is coming to San Francisco! Catch me and @danpfeiffer.bsky.social at @cwclub.bsky.social on September 14. Get your tickets here: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...

Amid all the talk of inflation, war, and artificial intelligence, people are underestimating just how important abortion could still be to this fall’s elections. Read my latest here only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/swing-vote...

Swing Voters Are Still Mad at Republicans About Abortion

In tight elections, that might make all the difference.

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This week’s Focus Group Pod with Patrick Svitek is NOT one to miss. Our first general election focus groups in the Maine and Texas Senate races. Texas: 2024 Trump voters who disapprove of Trump Maine: 2020 Biden-Collins voters Check it out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA_i...

EXCLUSIVE: Focus Group Suggests TX Trump Voters Could Flip to Talarico | Focus Group Podcast

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The How to Eat an Elephant book tour is coming to Boston! We'll be at First Parish Church with the @harvardbookstore.bsky.social on September 10th. I'll be joined in conversation by my friend and colleague, @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social. Grab your tickets here: www.harvard.com/event/sarah-...

"Trump spent the last 10 years teaching Republican voters to hate the Republican Party and love him.  It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to exist in a post-Trump environment."

"When I ask, 'How do you think things are going in the country?' almost never does somebody begin their answer with, 'It's bad because I feel like we're losing our democracy'… democracy is just, like, the thing we do here. It's the air we breathe, it's the water we swim in."

“There’s nothing wrong with America that can’t be cured by what’s right with America…We just have to make the effort.” @kettering.org asked its fellows to reflect on America’s 250th anniversary. Read my response here: kettering.org/democracy-un...

Democracy, Under Construction: Kettering Fellows on America’s 250th Anniversary

What does democracy demand today? Kettering fellows offer urgent reflections on inequality, resilience, and civic responsibility as America turns 250—and faces its next defining test.

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The How to Eat an Elephant book tour kicks off at Sixth & I with @politicsprose.bsky.social on Thursday, September 3rd. I'll be joined by the one and only @karaswisher.bsky.social at 7:00PM ET. Grab your tickets here: www.sixthandi.org/event/sarah-...

We’re building the Bulwark for you. Read more about it in the WSJ from @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and join our community.

“Sarah is reaching out directly to voters and offers this unique perspective that you don’t usually hear,” said Ryan Brenizer, a 47-year-old photographer in Montvale, N.J., who subscribes to the Bulwark.

“Unwinding the complexity of American politics to its emotional core is also the appeal of the Bulwark…Hot takes on everything from the war with Iran to Trump at the New York Knicks game have a raw candor that differentiates the site from mainstream news.”

“The second you know what’s going on with voters, the complexities of politics fall away." — @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Thanks to @jtoonkel.bsky.social for covering the work we're doing and the community we're building here at The Bulwark in today's Wall Street Journal.

"Sarah Longwell’s profitable startup, the Bulwark, approaches the news with a raw candor subscribers crave." Read @jtoonkel.bsky.social's profile of @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @thebulwark.com in The Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/business/med...

The Former GOP Operative Running a News Site for the ‘Politically Homeless’

Sarah Longwell’s buzzy startup, the Bulwark, is attracting investors including James and Kathryn Murdoch and Melinda French Gates

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 "There was so much whiplash there... 'Am I supposed to use this? Am I not supposed to use it?' — that is creating so much of this anxiety." @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @racheljanfaza.bsky.social on what young people are saying about AI, work, and the fear that they’re already falling behind.

Today's Focus Group Pod: I tell the Kids These Days to Get Off My Lawn, and @racheljanfaza.bsky.social makes her case to stay on my lawn. Plus: Why Gen Z has been one of the swingiest voting blocs during the Trump era. Check it out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4yN...

These Young Trump Voters Have MAJOR Buyer’s Remorse (w/ Rachel Janfaza) | Focus Group

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It’s official - How to Eat an Elephant book tour is LIVE. I’m hitting the road this fall to a city near you. Get your tickets here: static.macmillan.com/static/smp/h...

How to Eat An Elephant

The essential plan to save America by persuading voters to discard MAGA into the ash heap of history (where it belongs). Featuring a foreword by Jonathan V. Last.

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