Chance Phillips
PhD student in economics at UMass Amherst and journalist who traveled to Maine to report on Graham Platner's campaign and interviewed voters about his candidacy.
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Mar 29, 2026 • 1h
Is Platner The Face of a Democratic Tea Party? (with Chance Phillips))
Chance Phillips, a PhD student in economics and journalist who traveled to Maine, reports on Graham Platner's surprising surge. He shares voters' views on Platner's past controversies and how supporters frame his growth. Conversation covers why media fixates on scandal, the base-versus-elite split in Democrats, and whether outsider populism mimics past insurgencies.
