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Manda Scott

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

I can't I can't answer.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

It could be.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

It could be the case.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

But but, you know, one of the things that happens in waves, right, is that and you've seen this in American history a number of times.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

If the wave is strong enough.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

You can't gerrymander your way out of it.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

And that's what a lot of the pollsters are saying right now.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

Even if the Republicans gerrymander galore, if the wave is so strong against what they're doing.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

If they are counting the votes that are cast.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

They'll probably lose anyway, right?

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

So that doesn't mean gerrymandering doesn't have an impact.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

It does.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

And it is true both sides have done it for years, although the Democrats did have a proposal in Congress to eliminate it across the country.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

And of course, the Republicans didn't want to vote for it.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

All right.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

So we'll see.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

And, you know, Suzette, just a great exclamation point on that.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

Back to Al Gore's comment that he thinks we're just past peak Trump.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

I think what you're talking about is the first signs that Republicans are starting to realize that this guy is not going to be as popular as he once was.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

He may even be so unpopular that we might lose.