Hear from voters trying to make up their minds about 2024

My mother used to tell me you only learn when you listen. I think it was her polite way of getting me to shut up, but it’s good advice even if her ultimate goal was a little quiet in the King family kitchen.

My mother used to tell me you only learn when you listen. I think it was her polite way of getting me to shut up, but it’s good advice even if her ultimate goal was a little quiet in the King family kitchen. Listening is a lost art in our politics. And, too often, in our political coverage. Everyday Americans are ignored, or given a quote or soundbite here and there, while most of the attention goes to the ever louder partisan bombast. Don’t get me wrong – we need to cover what the politicians say. And what their ads say. And fact check it all. But our All Over the Map project is an attempt to shift the balance a bit. To listen. To learn. We have been at it 10 months now, and we are learning a ton from voters who are literally all over the map – in every way.