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Gets a majority, all of the states are in the soap. as for georgia, the states runoff system remains a glaring reminder of the systemic racism ingrained in the fabric of america, lingering. one of the values that we must hold dear. democracy. >> thank you priscilla thompsons for that import report. i kind of feel like i want to run the report several times in the show just to get those facts in everybodys heads about the origins of runoffs in this country. all right, coming op up next. the story...

Southern electorate. once we construction in military occupation of the south and it, white settlers spent the rest of the 19th century squeezing blacks out of the electorate. >> white settlers delta county units section to get less populated but primarily right white rural parts of the state more political power. meanwhile, disenfranchising black voters. in 1962, the supreme court said the system violated the equal protection clause of the constitution. >> at that point, many southern states in...

Back with me now, three experts from three battleground states, tia mitchell the washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution. anna staber is say political boater with "usa today." holly otter booirn a national reporter for politico, a former reporter for the philadelphia inq inquirer. tia, give me something from georgia that maybe the rest of us are overlooking that we need to focus on. >> so, two things. number one, i think its interesting that in this swing state neither form...

Anthony weiner down to 10%. that trim you have to say his chances are somewhere between no hope and bob hope. >> look at that pole, its a runoff system. the top two get in, not that big a difference between 10% and 14%. i dont think that means hes out of the running. that said, in that polling, 75% of people have a negative impression of him, that is terrible and very hard to overcome. >> having said all this anthony weiner is an intelligent guy. hes been very funny, very charming. ive always li...

About how for young people, the internet is very real. theres no sense of a difference between something that happens online and something that happens in real life. for anthony, it felt like, he thought this was this other alternate universe where it wasnt real, these people werent real people, where this stuff could stay secret. instead this woman turned around and cashed in on every ounce of her relationship with him. >> finally, i guess the reality of politics, this is about who you would wa...

Hope and bob hope. >> look at that pole, its a runoff system. the top two get in, not that big a difference between 10% and 14%. i dont think that means hes out of the running. that said, in that polling, 75% of people have a negative impression of him, that is terrible and very hard to overcome. >> having said all this anthony weiner is an intelligent guy. hes been very funny, very charming. ive always liked the guy. does he have a future outside of the new york mayoral campaign later? >> i ask...

Constitution and give us the months to get the professors and experts together so we dont have a legal crisis. >> trying to carve out something in the middle, i guess, is impossible. you must think about it all the time. is there a middle solution where you have some kind of real guarantee of an open election come september? so you have the normal political campaigns which would have to take this many months to get organized. i mean, if they want real political parties, real options, some sort o...