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You bring up a good point there. can you expound on that a little bit? >> i would love it. basically the independents are across the political spectrum. they identify in all kinds of ways, fiscally conservative, socially liberal, whatever. they're also of different categories, demographic groups. young people tend to be more independent than older people. one of the interesting things is how independent, actually the african-american electorate really is. right now upwards of 30% of african-americans identify themselves as independent. that's something that's not talked about. that's very impo...

Face an uphill battle in getting rid of the policy. there are still many people, both in congress and the military, who strongly oppose lifting the ban. independent voters are getting a lot of attention these days and credit for electing both president obama and republican senate candidate scott brown in massachusetts. so who are these independents, and what's fueling their political views? earlier i got some answers from three very smart and passionate independents. >> basically, the independents are across the political spectrum. they identify in all kinds of ways. fiscally conservative, s...

And not too long ago, roy moore addressing the question of what does make america great again and he mentions a time in the united states history where he's saying that's one of the great times of america, although there was slavery. and one would say the context and the seriousness by which it was mentioned, maybe not the best fit based on the them attics that are happening in the rice there and what's happening there as we were talking about in mississippi. your thought, ken? >> yeah, this race is alabama is so fraught for so many different reasons that really get at the sort of cultural, id...

Your opinion piece in the times from this week. the loudest voice of this election was not the new american demographic groups, but mr. trump's ageing and raging white christian supporters. why do you put it that way? >> one of the remarkable things that happened in barack obama's presidency, you know, he was the s symbol of a new america. one of the biggest ones really went under the radar and is the theme of my book. it is that we really have shifted from being a majority white christian nation to being a minority white christian nation. only 43% of americans today identify as white and chri...

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