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Jake Auchincloss: “The confluence of social media and our primary system and…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Jeffrey Goldberg, Meghna Chakrabarti, and Rep. Jake Auchincloss in Boston on America at 250

Published | Video Starts at 49:46

This is going to surprise people. But I, it's true, still has 2/3 of Americans between the 40 yard lines of American politics. And the problem is The confluence of social media and our primary system and gerrymandering means that the average politician is not oriented to the 40 yard lines of American politics. It's not the incentive. Is there a technological fix or is there a. Well, do that one. And also do. (49:46–49:52)

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