Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg admitted this week that the Democratic Get together gained’t discover a liberal model of podcast host Joe Rogan, and that efforts to regain cultural relevancy should embody connecting with odd voters.
The previous Biden official made the purpose on Friday’s “The Weekly Present with John Stewart Podcast.” Buttigieg mentioned with the host how Democrats may higher get their message out to voters following the 2024 presidential election loss.
“My party’s all up in arms about who’s our Joe Rogan. We’re not going to have a Joe Rogan of the left. That’s not how it works,” he mentioned.
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Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg informed podcast host Jon Stewart that the left wants a brand new technique moderately than simply discovering their very own Joe Rogan. (Screenshot/)
Stewart agreed with the assertion, providing his view that the occasion can’t simply produce at will a high international podcast that can amplify liberal thought.
“It’s also not something you can conjure in the way that – they just think, ‘Oh, let’s inorganically build this thing.’ Those positions have been built over time, and they’ve earned their credibility, and they’ve earned their authenticity, and they’ve earned all those things that they have. You can’t just poof them into existence,” the Comedy Central host acknowledged.
Buttigieg provided this evaluation of his fellow Democrats: “The other big thing that my party is terribly behind on is where we say it. And by this I mean what media spaces we are in.”
“The Joe Rogan Experience” is without doubt one of the world’s most influential podcasts and has a large viewers of male viewers – a demographic that was thought of essential to President Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory.
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Trump’s interview with Joe Rogan has been cited by many as a pivotal second that helped resolve the 2024 election. (The Joe Rogan Expertise)
Bloomberg reported in January, “Over the past two years, a set of massively popular podcasters and streamers cemented themselves as the new mainstream source of information for millions of young men, and, according to a new Bloomberg analysis, used their perch to rally these constituents in support of Trump and the political right.”
Trump’s personal interview with the podcast large within the remaining weeks of his marketing campaign drew tens of hundreds of thousands of viewers. The dialog and Rogan’s final endorsement of Trump’s candidacy had been seen as a boon for Trump.
Even the Democratic Get together knew the significance of Rogan’s platform, seeking to get former Vice President Kamala Harris on his present earlier than Election Day. These plans fell via, although the previous Democratic presidential candidate appeared on different distinguished podcasts like “Call Her Daddy” earlier than the top of the race.
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Regardless of a few of the occasion’s need to copy Trump’s success with Rogan, Buttigieg informed Stewart it must focus by itself unique technique of discovering new voters, together with going into extra conservative areas.
“I think we are really struggling to find people where they are,” Buttigieg mentioned.
“I could be the tenth person to say roughly the same thing on a liberal show, or I could literally be the first time somebody heard a certain idea if I’m in a more conservative space,” he added, noting the occasion must be reaching out to people who find themselves “not always looking for politics.”
“People who have other s— to do!” Stewart mentioned. “Yeah,” Buttigieg replied.
