Jared Polis: “About half of Coloradans aren't a member of any political…”

“But underneath that there's a serious point, which is young people don't really identify with political parties. You're hard to fit in a party. Do we need political parties the way we used to? Well, About half of Coloradans aren't a member of any political party. We call it unaffiliated. Some states call it independent. And yet doesn't mean that some of them aren't passionately progressive or conservative. But they don't see themselves in a party structure. They believe in their beliefs.” (05:14–05:19)

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