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Stacey Abrams: “Race is the strongest predictor of political leanings [in…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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Published | Video Starts at 01:41

I want to start with the use of the term colorblind. There are no colorblind maps in the South. Race is the strongest predictor of political leanings [in the South]. And so the facial notion that we're not looking at race when we're talking about partisanship is just disingenuous and wrong. And I know that's not what you intended, but that's the way they use that language. (01:41–01:45)

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