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Aug 10, 2026 41 min

Will Progressives Get Another Win in Wisconsin This Week?

from Right Now With Perry Bacon Hosted by Perry Bacon Jr, Ryan Cooper, and The New Republic

Michigan has voted, and now Minnesota and Wisconsin are up next in the Democratic primary wars. Ryan Cooper, senior editor at The American Prospect, joins the show to look back at what the Michigan results revealed and look ahead at what’s coming this week. We discuss why electability arguments are so hard to trust, why an outside spending gap didn’t stop Abdul El-Sayed’s win, why Francesca Hong is leading her Wisconsin race by 25 points despite skepticism from the governor and some national progressives, and why a spending advantage in a low-turnout, low-information primary might matter more than ideology. Right Now with Perry Bacon: a twice-weekly show diving into U.S. politics, democracy, and the authoritarian threats facing America. Each episode, Perry strives to go beyond daily headlines and actually connect the dots to what’s happening in America. ➡ View the Right Now vault on TNR’s website: https://newrepublic.com/video/right-now-with-perry-bacon ➡ Follow The New Republic on Substack to watch Right Now LIVE: https://newrepublic.substack.com/s/right-now-with-perry-bacon Get full access to The New Republic at newrepublic.substack.com/subscribe

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