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Means sometimes we have to take into account the demographic composition of districts, voting patterns in districts. thats fine and required by federal law. whats not perfemissible is whe you lock one party into power, doesnt matter how many votes one party gets, they always get a majority of seats. >> the other thing happening at the same time you have gerrymandering, locking republicans into power for decades, a decade, how long since this span is, you also have a new wave of voter suppression...

Shifted. ♪ >> i understand from very reliable sources that senator kennedy served as a great force in making the release possible. >> all of a sudden jack kennedy was champion of the greatest civil rights leader of them all. >> im positive it changed the voting patterns of a lot of african-americans. >> and nixons support amongst black voters falls off. nixon usually had good political instincts about this kind of thing, but he just blew it. >> theres no doubt that bobby and john f. kennedy ex...

>> she went be so upset by the results out of georgia six. look, it is a district that is drawn for republicans. it is a district full of republican voters who re-elected tom price with 62% of the vote. it is also a district that wasnt very high on donald trump. they only chose him by one-and-a-half points over hillary clinton. thats a big deal when you look at the voting patterns there over the last 30 years basically. so i think ossoff actually did reasonably well. he came close to winning the...

Next general election because once regular voting patterns set in, hell be blown away. ive seen these people get elected to these seats as a fluke, usually after a scandal. i dont get tt long-term plan for that seat for the dems. >> i was in boston a few years ago, chris. you remember that. we were talking then about scott brown. its all about for the democrats getting away from being a beleaguered party that lost big in 2016, getting their mojo back, starting to think about a wave perhaps. they...

Hes wearing some of us out that have to defend it. i think the critical thing here, there is some irregularities but its not about -- you know, each of us know little races that have been lost by a couple hundred votes here or there. the critical thing, 2 million people who died between elections, they dont get off the polls, they dont vote a couple times. move from california to new york, you may change, be registered in two places. that doesnt mean you vote in two places. those are all done st...

Donald trump -- speaking of the environment -- clamped down on the epa today, not to award anyr new contracts and a media blackout on employees. for the time being, epa is to halt all blog posts, press conferences, and other forms of communication.im is it a good idea? we are joined by the wisest man in politics, senior politicalms analyst, brit hume. is this a good idea? >> from the point of view of the trump administration, its a wonderful idea. here is a man taking charge of the government, h...

How is your carbon footprint, al gore? donald trump speaking of the environment clamped down on the epa today, not to award any new contract and a media blackout on employees. for the time being, epa is to hold all blog posts, presses, and other forms of communication. is it a good idea? we are joined by the wisest man in politics, senior political analyst, brit hume. is this a good idea? >> from the point of view of the trump administration, its a wonderful idea. here is a man taking charge of ...

United nations. at the u.n., 75% is spent on personnel and united states pays 22% of the total budget. so there are a lot of, i think, reforms and institutional reforms at the u.n. that could be done. i think that he will probably look at u.n. voting patterns and if people want to go against us at the united nations, there will be consequences. >> thank you so much, brian hook. former assistant secretary for george w. bush. thank you, brian. >> thank you. a difficult back to work commute for p...

Wrong. yet, when you look at what has happened across the west, whether it be brexit, whether it be the israeli election, whether it be a couple of british elections, the polls have not always been right. >> well, thats correct. i always call polling the science of abc, almost being certain. and the most important word there is "almost." they are right most of the time. but every now and then, you have an election that, as i suggest, violates the rules. whats interesting about this year other th...

They cant be wrong, but when you look at whats happened across the west, whether its brexit or the israeli election or a couple of british elections, the polls have not always been right. >> well, thats correct. i always call polling the science of a, b, c, almost being certain, and the most important word there is almost. they are right most of the time, but every now and then you have an election that, as i suggested, violates the rules. whats interesting about this year other than trump himse...