Pro Politics with Zac McCrary
Political pollster Zac McCrary interviews interesting people who work in and around the political industry. Guests come from a multitude of backgrounds and specialties within the political industry, and span the partisan spectrum. This is not a podcast for partisan squabbling or punditry about the latest issue in DC - it is hearing directly from successful people in the industry...their stories, experiences, and advice. This is a podcast for anyone who works in politics, hopes to work in politics, or wants to get up close to see how things really work in the world of professional politics.
Episodes
173 episodes
Rebecca Katz, General Consultant for Ruben Gallego & John Fetterman, on Running & Winning Tough Races
Rebecca Katz, founder of New Deal Strategies, is coming off her second consecutive cycle as General Consultant on signature Democratic Senate wins - including Ruben Gallego...
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Election 2024 Recap with Nathan Gonzales of Inside Elections
Nathan Gonzales is the Editor and Publisher of Inside Elections, one of the foundations of American political analysis, and a frequent presence talking and writ...
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Pro Politics Re-Release: Maggie Haberman on the Political Rise of Donald Trump
[Originally released 11/22]Maggie Haberman is, of course, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who's covered the political rise of Donald Trump for the New York Times...and her book,
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Republican Pollster Patrick Ruffini on the Increasingly Multi-Racial GOP Coalition
[Initially Released 11/07/23]Patrick Ruffini, pollster at Echelon Strategies, returns to talk about his new book
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Election Day 2024 Preview with Amy Walter
With just hours until polling places open for the November 5th presidential election, this week's guest is analyst Amy Walter to provide her insights and instincts heading into ...
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2024 Election Panel: Andy Blunt, Jim Ellis, & Zac McCrary
This is a different type of episode this week as I have borrowed the audio from a panel I was part of last Thursday (10/24/24) to discuss the upcoming 2024 elections. This panel is hosted by the government affairs firm
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Forrest Claypool & A Master Class in Chicago Politics
Forrest Claypool has one of the most impressive and varied resumes in politics...early campaign and operative work with David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel, two-time Chief o...
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Senator Mark Udall & A Life in Politics
Mark Udall, former Democratic US Senator and House member from Colorado, comes from the famed Udall family of the Mountain West - including his father, Congressman Mo Udall, and uncle, former Interior Secre...
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Caleb Smith on Working for 3 GOP House Speakers
Caleb Smith may be the only political operative who's worked for three consecutive US House Speakers. During over a decade on Capitol Hill, he worked with Speakers Boehner, Ryan, and McCarthy. In this con...
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2024 Digital Trends & Best Practices with Mark Jablonowski, President & CTO of DSPolitical
Mark Jablonowski is the President and Chief Tech Officer of DS Political - one of the leading digital ad firms for Democratic campaigns and p...
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Bryan Bennett, of Navigator Research, on Findings from Recent Polling of 4,000 Young Voters
Bryan Bennett is the Senior Director for Polling & Analytics at The Hub Project and a pollster for Navigator Research who recently spearheaded a
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Re-connecting with Election Analyst David Nir for the Launch of The Downballot
Catching up this week with return guest David Nir, who for over a decade has been an influential election analyst and the creator of Daily Kos Elections. Within the past week, David has moved his analysis to...
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Tucker Eskew, Political & Corporate Comms Expert
Communications expert Tucker Eskew has been a participant in some of the most seminal moments in American political history over the course of the past 30+ years...a protege of the famed Rep...
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Deep Inside the World of Political Donors with David Callahan
David Callahan is a prolific creator and thinker within Democratic politics. He helped start the progressive think tank Demos in the late 90s, founded the media outlet
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Lisa MacLean, Founder of Moxie Media - the First Female-Founded Political Direct Mail Firm
Lisa MacLean, founder of Moxie Media - the first female-founded political direct mail firm in the U.S - talks her path to politics...starting in St Louis and then Vassar, to impactful DC internships, m...
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Pro Politics Re-Release: Kinky Friedman from June 04, 2021
Kinky Friedman passed away yesterday, June 27 2024. This is a re-release of a Pro Politics Podcast episode with Kinky originally released Ju...
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Debbie Cox Bultan, CEO of NewDEAL, on 30+ Years Working in the Center-Left
Debbie Cox Bultan has been working in Democratic politics for more than 30 years, including more than a decade at the Democratic Leadership Council and then helping start NewDE...
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Congressman Mickey Edwards...From Conservative Insurgent to House Leadership to Nonpartisan Iconoclast
Mickey Edwards served 16 years in Congress, as the first Republican to represent his Oklahoma City-based district in almost 50 years. Prior to his time in the House, he'd already made a mark as a leader ...
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Heather Williams, President of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC)
Heather Williams is the President of the DLCC, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee - the party committee focused on state legislative races and chambers. In this conversation, Heather t...
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Remembering Political Innovator Hal Malchow, with Trish Hoppey & Rich Schlackman
Hal Malchow was the incredibly innovative Democratic direct mail and fundraising consultant, who passed away several weeks ago. His final chapter was chronicled by
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Matt Robison & Confessions of a Hill Chief of Staff
Matt Robison has worn many political hats, among them working in numerous positions across Capitol Hill - including serving as Chief of Staff for three members. He also managed the successfu...
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Talking Washington Books, with NYT Columnist Carlos Lozada...author of The Washington Book
Carlos Lozada is currently an Opinion columnist at The New York Times, after spending nearly 20 years at The Washington Post - where he earned the Pulitzer Prize in 2019 for criticism as Th...
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Whit Ayres & 30+ Years as a Top GOP Pollster
Whit Ayres, founder and president of North Star Opinion Research, has been a leading GOP pollster for more than 30 years. First a high school teacher then an academic, he cut his political teeth a...
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