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I want to throw a couple things out here that we haven't gotten into. more is from our poll to show you the racial divide in this country. among all white voters, this week, this is donald trump's worst week yet. look at this, hillary clinton has a higher negative rating on all white voters than donald trump. i think that tells you there's a structural -- there's a structure here, there's a floor that donald trump -- >> that's when we talk about trump will get 35%. it's literally almost structurally impossible for that to happen. combine the polarization in the country, self-sorting in the cou...

So these are very isolated districts. if you look at the demographics within those districts, they're trending very different from the rest of america. in that sense they are safe, noncompetitive districts. and that means that they're not under the sway of the leadership. again, if you think about the 80 or so republicans that are members of this kind of shutdown caucus behind what we're going through right now. >> yeah. >> they represent only a third of the republican caucus and less than 20% of the house of representatives. >> mark, we know that we are more polarized than we've ever been, bu...

Reason why. the cook political report examined all 435 congressional districts in its new partisan voter index and found that geographic self-sorting, even more than redistricting, has driven polarization. there are now only 90 congressional districts in the whole country that are considered swing districts. that's down 45% from 1998 when the country had 164 swing districts. and while redistricting accounting for some of that change, the study found in districts that weren't redrawn, the electorate was simply more homogenous. voters are choosing sides with their feet. and we'll be right back. ...

Over the top. all sides need to agree the climate has been calamitous and words have consequences. many said on wednesday that the baseball field shooting will be a game changer, no pun intended. that would be nice, but pardon my pessimism. six years ago congresswoman gabrielle giffords was shot outside a safe way in arizona, and similar sentiments were said, but nothing changed. that's partly due to the fact there are many factors driving our discourse. institutional factors that need fixing or nothing will change. sure, it begins with the politicians, but the way we select those individuals ...

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