{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Hot Dish","title":"Data Centers, Tariffs, and the Fight for Rural Votes","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2566,"description":"Data centers are showing up in rural counties across the country, and not everyone is happy about it. Isaac Wright, a strategist who's spent two decades working rural campaigns, joins Heidi and Joel to talk about why that is, what tariffs have cost farmers selling to Brazil and China, and why he sees real opportunity for Democrats in Iowa and Ohio in the midterms.\nIsaac explains why rural voters respond to authenticity and local trust over national talking points, and what Rob Sand's win in Iowa says about how to build that trust. He also gets into AI regulation, and what it would look like for policy to actually reflect the values Democrats say they hold.\nIn this episode:\nWhy Iowa and Ohio look like real opportunities this cycle\nData centers: local jobs versus strain on water and power\nWhat tariffs on Brazil and China have cost farmers\nBuilding trust and likability in rural races\nWhat it actually means to \"localize\" a campaign\nConnect with Isaac Wright:\nLinkedIn\nIsaac makes a clear case for what it takes to win back rural voters, one county at a time.\nThe Hot Dish is brought to you by the One Country Project. To learn more, visit OneCountryProject.org, or find us on Substack (Onecountryproject.substack.com), and on YouTube, Bluesky, and Facebook (@onecountryproject).","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/g8wz6bIJJBkVhhXn2wwVIbH1WNXQdmg8yAhxtqQC2EU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Yzk5/ZDA4YzM3YjhlMTNh/OGM4MThkNTliMzNl/OTRhMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}