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Pete Buttigieg: “Because these districts are so gerrymandered.”

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Published | Video Starts at 37:04

So you never even have to bother thinking about whether some stance you took in the primary is gonna make it harder for you to work across the aisle or harder to win people over or bring them together in the general. Because these districts are so gerrymandered. Right. That all you have to worry about is your right flank if you're a Republican or your left flank if you're a Democrat. That's where I think it hurts us the most. (37:04–37:08)

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Asserts that gerrymandering affects the competitiveness of districts.

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