A different sort of show: Tracy Johnson joins Steve Scaffidi, and they talk about some general politics, RNC, presidential visits and go into their first main topic for listeners: are you avoiding talking about politics in general conversation?

Pivoting to in-person early voting: There’s been problems with it but Steve argues that it really shows voter enthusiasm and Tracy agrees.

We play a brief clip and tease of Steve’s Decision Wisconsin conversation with Marquette Associate Professor of Political Science Philip Rocco on the electoral college and what it means for a presidential election; Steve and Tracy discuss afterwards.

Political Junkie PowerPoint: Tracy is ditching election distrust and keeping the townhall format of presidential appearances.

GRAB BAGS: Tracy is optimistic on the office market especially with Amazon’s recent 5-day back-to-office mandate.