{"id":36945,"date":"2024-10-12T12:41:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T19:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=36945"},"modified":"2024-10-12T12:41:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T19:41:27","slug":"the-uncommitted-voters-a-little-bit-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/12\/the-uncommitted-voters-a-little-bit-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"The Uncommitted Voters:  A Little Bit of\u00a0Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>October 11, 2024 (thisamericanlife.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So much of the fight for the presidency is coming down to battles for small slices of voters who can help throw swing states to one candidate or another. Abbas Alawieh, a leader in the Uncommitted movement, grapples with how to get his voters the thing they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Episode available Sunday 7 p.m. CT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/this-american-life\/id201671138?itscg=30200&amp;itsct=podcast_box&amp;ls=1&amp;mttnsubad=201671138&amp;at=1001lJHP&amp;ct=thisamericanlife.org+episode+Subscribe\">Subscribein Apple Podcasts<\/a><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-64.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-64.png 1024w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-64-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-64-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-64-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-64-225x150.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Abbas Alawieh, co-founder of the\u00a0Uncommitted\u00a0Movement, sits with fellow Michigan delegates at the DNC in Chicago\u00a0on\u00a0August 19, 2024. Photo:\u00a0Nick Oxford for The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prologue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/843\/a-little-bit-of-power\/prologue\">Prologue<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you have some power, but not a lot, how do you wield it when you\u2019re suddenly cast into the spotlight?&nbsp;(4 minutes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Act One<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/843\/a-little-bit-of-power\/act-one-0\">The Convention<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoe Chace and Ben Terris follow Abbas Alawieh as he fights to broker a deal at the DNC \u2013 a way to potentially satisfy the people who voted \u201cUncommitted\u201d in the primaries as a protest vote against Biden\u2019s handling of the war in Israel and Gaza. (33 minutes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/archive?contributor=9331\">Ben Terris<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/archive?contributor=8600\">Zoe Chace<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Act Two<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/843\/a-little-bit-of-power\/act-two-0\">Back Home in Michigan<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Three weeks after the Democratic National Convention, Abbas speaks at a tense community meeting in Michigan about the Uncommitted organizers\u2019 general election recommendation and hears back from voters on how they feel about the Democratic nominee at this point. (15 minutes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Song:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKeep Pushing\u201d by Ryan Scott &amp; \u201cPower Moves\u201d by Silver Skylarks (radio only)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/843\/a-little-bit-of-power\">https:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/843\/a-little-bit-of-power<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/843\/a-little-bit-of-power#:~:text=Episode%20available%20Sunday-,7,-p.m.%20CT\">https:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/843\/a-little-bit-of-power#:~:text=Episode%20available%20Sunday-,7,-p.m.%20CT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 11, 2024 (thisamericanlife.org) So much of the fight for the presidency is coming down to battles for small slices of voters who can help throw swing states to one candidate or another. Abbas Alawieh, a leader in the Uncommitted movement, grapples with how to get his voters the thing&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/12\/the-uncommitted-voters-a-little-bit-of-power\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36947,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36945\/revisions\/36947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}