Chris Voss on Mark Sutton: "The One Guy Who Had It!"

My post-election interview on the Chris Voss show, plus looking at what's ahead for Democrats

I didn’t want to be right about Democrats losing badly among men this election, but that’s exactly what happened. Although Harris performed worse than expected among women, with the most recent exit polls from WaPo showing her only +8%, it’s still a positive number. However, she was at -13% among men. This is far below the -8% Magic Number Democrats have historically needed to win the White House. (Note: See my new Definitions page with some of the words I’ve coined.)

How Democrats Lost The 2024 Presidential Election By Alienating Men Driving Them To Trump

Chris Voss and I first spoke in July of 2024, at which time I shared my concerns about the Democrats’ lack of focus on men and their issues, an idea that Chris agreed with. Chris, who is quite informed on gender issues and has hosted many authors including Dr. Warren Farrell, runs a dating group and sees a lot of politics as closely related to personal issues as I wrote in a post at the time, “The Personal Is Political for Men, Too.”

As the returns came in on election night and it became clear Democrats were losing, Chris mentioned that he thought of me and my book How Democrats Can Win Back Men and how the negative numbers among men sank the Democrats this year. “We wanted to invite him back because we were like, holy sh*t, we were talking to the one guy who had it.”

“We wanted to invite him back because we were like, holy sh*t, we were talking to the one guy who had it.” — Chris Voss on Mark W. Sutton and the 2024 Election

Click the link below to hear a one-minute excerpt in which Chris asked what I would do if I were in charge of the Democratic Party post-election in order to better appeal to men.

https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxxK2rAPloIZSbfYGR0Q3L05-Vcq5rAP28

Chris also shared that although he has typically voted Democrat in recent elections, he feels personally, as a man, alienated from the Democrats and didn’t vote Democrat this time — a case in point!

Full version of the Chris Voss Show with Mark Sutton

How Democrats Lost The 2024 Presidential Election By Alienating Men Driving Them To Trump: The Chris Voss Show with Mark W. Sutton (Note: the show is audio only and a full one hour and 45 minutes! We had a lot to discuss.)

Here is a link to the episode page, and you can also listen on Apple Podcasts here. You can subscribe to The Chris Voss Show in multiple ways.

Looking Ahead for Democrats: New DNC Chair in 2025 Needs To Understand Men

While Democrats lick their wounds and devise a new strategy, I highly encourage am pleading with them to pick a new DNC chair who understands the importance of male well-being in addition to the significance of the male vote. Just like other contests, there will be a lot of debate about who may be the best candidate.

I have been highly focused on the 2024 Democratic Party Platform that completely ignored male issues, and so too am I focused on the next head of the DNC. It is vitally important for the next DNC Chair to understand men and their issues. Otherwise, I’m afraid, the party will continue down the losing road. The Republicans now control The White House, Senate, House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court. Isn’t it common sense that it’s time for the Democrats to change course?