{"id":18533,"date":"2025-01-29T13:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T12:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=18533"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:21:11","slug":"lessons-learned-us-election","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/publication\/lessons-learned-us-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons Learned from the US Presidential Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>In the fifth episode of the industrial heartlands series, Will Marshall, president and founder of the Progressive Policy Institute based in Washington D.C. analyzes the centre-left\u2019s electoral struggles and highlights the damaging effects of declining trust in governments and democracy in the US and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"BorlabsCookie _brlbs-cb-default\"><div class=\"_brlbs-content-blocker\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-default\"> <p>Click on the button to load the content from open.spotify.com.<\/p> <p><a class=\"_brlbs-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Load content<\/a><\/p> <\/div> <\/div><div class=\"borlabs-hide\" data-borlabs-cookie-type=\"content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-id=\"default\"><script type=\"text\/template\">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<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This podcast is produced in the context of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.industrial-heartlands.com\/\">Transatlantic Dialogue on the Industrial Heartlands: Shaping the Future<\/a> project. 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