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Podcast: Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politics
Episode: Decoding the Republican Party's Presidential Primaries: Runners and Riders
Description: In this episode of "Mid Atlantic," host Roifield Brown engages in a conversation with Logan Phillips, the head of The Race to the White House website, to analyse the Republican Party's presidential primaries. They discuss the historical context of large Republican candidate fields and explore whether it reflects media opportunism or ideological diversity within the party. The discussion covers various declared runners and riders in the current GOP primary race, including Donald Trump, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott, Larry Elder, Asa Hutchinson, and Doug Burgum. The conversation also touches upon the long-shot candidates...