Miles Parks

Why do you guys think this isn't a bigger deal?

Yeah, it's worth remembering that the sort of last time we saw a big push across the country to change some of this stuff was with all the independent redistricting.

And that came out of a similar sort of high profile redistricting effort that Republicans led in 2010.

So really, and I think that got a lot of news and that got a lot of people paying attention to the idea of who draws the districts and the system.

And so it'll be interesting to see whether this last year, you know, plays out similarly.

OK, let's take a quick break and more in just a moment.

And we're back.

And Sam, while we are on the topic of the decline of bipartisanship in American politics, you recently profiled a pretty interesting person, Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama.

What brought you to her as somebody to really focus on?

I mean, I do feel like

working on bipartisan issues in the Senate right now and in any form of government right now feels difficult.

What did Britt tell you about that?

Do you feel like her approach to bipartisanship was shaped by, she worked for Richard Shelby, right?

Former Senator in Alabama?

I do wonder about whether this still comes back somehow, Ashley, to the primary problem of just the fact that even in the U.S.

Senate, in every level of government, these elected officials have to win this first election with the most ideologically pure, small group of, as you mentioned, wealthier, more highly educated, more

vociferous voters.

I mean, do you think this problem goes beyond the US House?

And before this year, I almost would have assumed once you're an incumbent, you're in that office, you're a senator, like this ceases to be as much of a problem anymore.

But then I feel we've got this Texas race next week where we're about to watch John Cornyn, one of the longest serving U.S.