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Chloe Akers: Bringing politics back to the middle
Nov 16, 2023
Chloe Akers, Tennessee attorney and advocate for elevating voices in the middle, discusses her nonpartisan approach to re-engaging disillusioned voters in Tennessee. She shares her strategy for tackling extremism in politics through critical problem-solving and bipartisan compromise. They also discuss supporting reasonable and pragmatic candidates for the 2024 election.
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- Chloe Akers is creating a nonpartisan organization in Tennessee to fund and support candidates from both parties who better represent the views of the majority.
- The Best of Tennessee aims to combat extremism by incentivizing and supporting incumbents who engage in bipartisan compromise and exhibit good governance.
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The Best of Tennessee: Elevating Voices in the Middle
Chloe Akers, founder and CEO of The Best of Tennessee, is tackling the issue of political extremism in Tennessee by creating a nonpartisan organization that aims to fund and support candidates from both parties who better represent the views of the majority. Akers was motivated to take action after seeing the disconnect between laws passed by Tennessee's supermajority and the views of the majority of Tennesseans. The organization, formerly known as the Liminal Plan, aims to use a playbook of media, independent expenditures, and support for bipartisan compromise to re-engage disillusioned voters and promote good governance.
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