I never talk about this member of our Georgia delegation who is now retired. And the reason is, given the gerrymandering of these districts, if it weren't her, it'd be somebody else. We have very few competitive congressional districts in our country, and I think that's bad for democracy. The only thing folks are worried about is being primary, and that's why it's difficult to move things forward. The polarization, that's why the politicians are thinking about the next election, and they're especially thinking about their primary. (59:54–1:00:05)
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Asserts that the lack of competitive congressional districts is detrimental to democracy.
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