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Fringes. all of that is true. gerrymandering is playing a role and media polarization the biggest driver or all and self-sorting. we're making a conscious choice to live with the like minded. that's gerrymandering and that's problematic. "don lemon tonight" starts now. don? >> i thought i was brave, right? you're so brave to read those comments. i hear you on "smerconish" on the weekend and your radio show. why are you so brave? why do you do it? i get a lot out of it. >> i get a kick out of it. the spontaneous of it, i don't know if anybody would watch if i had my choice and i'd sit here for ...

Welcome back. "data download" time. a closer look at the rising gas prices. you might think of them as something that impacts every american, but if you look closely, you can see the democratings and republicans are experiencing this year's pain at the pump a bit differently. this is a real-life unintentional impact of the self-sorting that has come to define modern-american politics. it will explain why the two parties seem to be focusing on the issue with different urgency. the average gas price is up, $3.38, the highest it's been going back to 2013. so this is real what we're seeing. but pe...

2022. there it is, what are we looking at with a progressive increase in red and blue, but mostly red. >> over the last hcentury, we'v seen a self-sorting of the electorate, to the vast majority of americans living in partisan echo chambers. what that means over time, we've got an entire generation of kids growing up in the country with limited exposure at best to alternative points of view, both in terms of communities where they're growing up and the media that's present there. and i believe over time that's going to lead to increasing sectarian strife, rising political violence, as long as ...

Media and they fill campaign coffers in time for the next election. dysfunction has many causes, not only the fire brands to whom we doctor ceded our national debate, but also gerrymandering and self sorting, a lack of campaign finance reform, closed primaries, even the instability of social media. there is no silver bullet to fix what ails us. but more sits zcitizen particip would help. one potential positive effect? a record number of new candidates have been signing up to run for office. many of them women. fresh faces would be a good start. let's see what you're saying via my twitter and f...

Shot and nothing changed. part of that because there are many factors driving our discourse, institutional factors or nothing will change. sure, it begins with the politics. the way we select those individuals limits the candidate pool, the role of dark money, closed primaries, gerrymandering, self-sorting and the outsized role of media personalities who are rewarded for bombast, not substance. their livelihoods depend on fomenting division, not diplomacy. don't go looking to them to lead. while we seek to rein in extremist we have to be careful not to stymie legitimate debate. the shooting ca...