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>> Sreenivasan: WE'VE BEEN

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REPORTING ON THE RECORD TURNOUT

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THIS ELECTION OF BLACK AND BROWN

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VOTERS, WHICH HELPED IMPACT THE

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POLITICAL PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IN

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BATTLEGROUND STATES LIKE GEORGIA

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AND PENNSYLVANIA.

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NOW, WITH THE ELECTION OVER,

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MANY OF THE ORGANIZERS, WHO

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HELPED REGISTER THOUSANDS OF

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THOSE VOTERS, SAY THE FIGHT IS

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FAR FROM OVER AND WANT DEMOCRATS

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TO DELIVER ON CENTERING

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MARGINALIZED VOICES.

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NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S IVETTE

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FELICIANO HAS MORE.

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>> Reporter: IN THE RUN-UP TO

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THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, MEMBERS

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OF UNITED WE DREAM, THE LARGEST

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YOUTH-LED IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

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ORGANIZATION, REACHED OUT TO

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TENS OF MILLIONS OF UNDECIDED

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LATINX AND FIRST TIME VOTERS

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ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THROUGH

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PHONE BANKING AND DIGITAL AD

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CAMPAIGNS.

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>> I KNOW THAT, LIKE, PEOPLE

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LIKE MYSELF THAT HAVE DACA, HAVE

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U.S. CITIZENS IN OUR FAMILIES,

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THAT WE HAD THEM, AND ASKED THEM

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TO THINK ABOUT US WHEN THEY WENT

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INTO THE VOTING BOOTH.

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>> Reporter: GREISA MARTINEZ

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ROSAS IS UNITED WE DREAM'S

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

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>> THE RECORD TURNOUT OF

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LATINOS, OF YOUNG PEOPLE, BLACK

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AND BROWN FOLKS HAVE BEEN AS

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PART OF THE LONG TERM INVESTMENT

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OF ORGANIZERS LIKE MYSELF,

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PEOPLE IN ARIZONA AND MICHIGAN,

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PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN.

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SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT

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THERE'S WORK TO DO AND WE WILL

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NOT STOP UNTIL WE TELL THE STORY

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ABOUT HOW THIS TURNOUT WASN'T

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AN ACCIDENT.

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>> Reporter: THE BLACK AND BROWN

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TURNOUT DID NOT GO UNNOTICED, AS

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PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN

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ACKNOWLEDGED IN HIS ACCEPTANCE

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SPEECH LAST SATURDAY NIGHT.

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>> THE AFRICAN AMERICAN

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COMMUNITY STOOD UP AGAIN FOR ME.

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THEY ALWAYS HAVE MY BACK, AND

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I'LL HAVE YOURS.

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>> I'M NOT ONE FOR EMPTY

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PLATITUDES.

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THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OWES A

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GREAT DEAL TO THE BLACK

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ELECTORATE.

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AND IT'S TIME TO PAY UP THAT

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TAB.

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>> Reporter: BLACK LIVES

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ACTIVIST AND WRITER CHERRELL

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BROWN IS BASED IN ATLANTA,

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GEORGIA, WHERE POLITICIAN STACY

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ABRAMS IS CREDITED WITH

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DELIVERING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

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OF VOTES FOR THE DEMOCRATIC

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PARTY.

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>> THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF

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ARTICLES THAT PRAISE STACY

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ABRAMS, THAT PRAISE BLACK AND

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BROWN VOTERS, BUT WHETHER THAT

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TRANSLATES INTO ACTUAL MATERIAL

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BENEFITS FOR THOSE SAME

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COMMUNITIES IS STILL THE

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QUESTION.

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>> Reporter: BROWN RECENTLY

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WROTE AN ARTICLE FOR "ESSENCE

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MAGAZINE," WHERE SHE ARGUES

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BIDEN'S PROPOSALS FOR ADDRESSING

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ANTI-BLACK STATE VIOLENCE AREN'T

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RADICAL ENOUGH.

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>> THE RIGHT HAS DONE THIS

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REALLY WONDERFUL JOB, ACTUALLY,

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OF PAINTING PRESIDENT ELECT

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BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT ELECT

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KAMALA AS THIS VERY ANTI-COP,

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SOCIALIST TICKET.

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BUT NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER

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FROM THE TRUTH.

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BIDEN AND HARRIS BOTH SUPPORT

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GIVING MORE FUNDING TO POLICE

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FOR THINGS LIKE ANTI-BIAS

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TRAININGS OR TO DIVERSIFY THE

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FORCE.

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>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE

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AMERICAN ELECTION EVE POLL 2020,

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WHICH SURVEYED MORE THAN 15,000

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REGISTERED VOTERS, BLACK VOTERS

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NAMED DISCRIMINATION AND RACIAL

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JUSTICE AS THE SECOND MOST

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IMPORTANT ISSUE CANDIDATES

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SHOULD ADDRESS, AFTER THE

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CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

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>> IF ONLY WHITES HAD VOTED,

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PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD HAVE BEEN

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REELECTED WITH ABOUT 56% OR 57%

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OF THE VOTE.

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>> Reporter: GARY SEGURA CO-

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FOUNDED THE POLLING AND RESEARCH

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FIRM LATINO DECISIONS, WHICH

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HELPED PRODUCE THE AMERICAN

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ELECTION EVE POLL 2020.

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HE'S ALSO THE DEAN OF THE LUSKIN

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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT

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U.C.L.A.

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HE SAYS THE MEDIA'S HOMING IN ON

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TRUMP'S SUCCESS, WITH LATINX

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VOTERS IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY IN

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FLORIDA AND THE RIO GRANDE

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VALLEY IN TEXAS, PAINTS A

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MISLEADING PICTURE OF THIS

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YEAR'S LATINX VOTING BLOC.

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>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A

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POPULATION THAT VOTED ABOUT

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70/30 IN FAVOR OF VICE PRESIDENT

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BIDEN.

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WE THINK THAT PUERTO RICANS

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PROBABLY GAVE AS MUCH AS 71% OF

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THEIR VOTE IN FLORIDA TO VICE

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PRESIDENT BIDEN.

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BUT IT GETS OVERLOOKED IN ORANGE

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COUNTY AND ALONG THE I-4

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CORRIDOR BECAUSE WE SPEND ALL OF

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OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT CUBANS

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AND THE VENEZUELANS IN DADE.

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>> Reporter: SEGURA SAYS, THOUGH

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LATINOS VOTED IN HIGHER NUMBERS

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FOR BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY

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CLINTON, SEVEN OUT OF TEN VOTED

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FOR BIDEN IN NOVEMBER, WHICH IS

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STILL ABOVE THE HISTORICAL

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AVERAGE.

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>> THE LATINO MARGIN WILL EXCEED

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THE VICTORY MARGIN IN NEVADA AND

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ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO AND

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COLORADO.

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LATINOS WILL HAVE ELECTED

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SENATOR HICKENLOOPER, SENATOR

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LUHAN AND SENATOR KELLY.

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WE THINK LATINOS GAVE OVER

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120,000 VOTE MARGIN TO VICE

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PRESIDENT BIDEN IN PHILADELPHIA,

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IN THE SOUTH EAST PENNSYLVANIA

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REGION, WHICH MEANS WITHOUT

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LATINO VOTES, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE

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HAD THE VICE PRESIDENT CARRY

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PENNSYLVANIA.

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AMERICANS, OF COURSE.

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SO, LIKE IN ALL VICTORIES, THERE

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ARE MANY OWNERS, RIGHT.

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>> Reporter: BOTH CHERRELL BROWN

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AND GREISA MARTINEZ ROSAS SAY A

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BIDEN PRESIDENCY MIGHT MEAN MORE

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FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THEIR

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POLITICAL ORGANIZING, BUT THEIR

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FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER.

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>> LOOK AT WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN

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PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART

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OF THE VOTING PROCESS, RIGHT.

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WHAT DEMOCRATS SHOULD DO,

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INSTEAD OF DILUTING THE MESSAGE

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OR SPINNING AWAY FROM THE MOST

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CONSISTENT AND LOYAL VOTING

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BLOC, IS OPENING UP MORE

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PATHWAYS FOR FOLKS TO BE A PART

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OF THE PROCESS.

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>> HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE

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ARE ENSURING THAT BLACK FOLKS

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AND IMMIGRANTS AND QUEER PEOPLE

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AND WOMEN ARE NOT ONLY BEING

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HEARD AND BEING PUT PART OF

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POLICY AGENDAS, BUT AS A CULTURE

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ENSURING THAT THERE'S

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RESTITUTION FOR THOSE OF US WHO

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HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY IN THE TARGET

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OF TRUMP.

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WHICH IS WHY IT'S GOING TO BE SO

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IMPORTANT TO HEAL AS A NATION,

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TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE OWNING THE

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THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON OUR

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COLLECTIVE WATCH, AND TO BE

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REALLY COMMITTED TO BOLD SHIFTS

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IN OUR SOCIETY.