Reagan Country—Red County, Blue County, Orange County (Episode 2)

In this special six-part narrative series, Mike Madrid, in partnership with the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology, takes a deep dive into Orange County, California to explore the transformations that have redefined politics there, and what it means for the rest of the country.

In this episode, Mike talks to legendary political strategist Stu Spencer about how Orange County became Reagan Country. 

Then he discusses the county’s changing political demographics with one of the best election forecasters, Dave Wasserman from the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter.

(02:19) Orange County: Reagan Country and the American Dream

(09:41) A data driven take on what’s changing the political demographics

(11:53) What Loretta Sanchez’s victory meant 

(24:38) How Asian voters are impacting county politics 

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