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LISTEN: The Independent Voter Podcast Debuts — What Drives People to Take on a Broken System?

In the premiere episode of the Independent Voter Podcast, host Chad Peace and guest Cara McCormick take listeners behind the scenes of a movement built not around partisanship, but principle.

LISTEN: The Independent Voter Podcast Debuts — What Drives People to Take on a Broken System?
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In the premiere episode of the Independent Voter Podcast, host Chad Peace and guest Cara McCormick take listeners behind the scenes of a movement built not around partisanship, but principle.

They begin with the ethic behind the Independent Voter Project: a commitment to putting voters before partisan political machines and trace the story of how collaboration across ideologies has fueled a growing push for structural reform. What follows is a candid exploration of what it actually takes to stand up to entrenched power: unity, resilience, integrity, and the long view.

From the merging of reform efforts to public demand for eliminating super PACs, the episode moves through the high stakes of today's political moment and the audacious hope that change is always possible. Chad and Cara don’t just talk about what’s broken. They talk about why they still believe in fixing it.

Listen to this episode and more from Independent Voter Project on Spotify and Apple Music.

Cara Brown McCormick

Cara Brown McCormick

Cara McCormick, principal at Smart Campaigns, advises on strategy and research. With 10+ years in major races, she led Maine’s historic move to ranked choice voting. Her work focuses on election reforms that improve representation and voter choice.

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