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The "American consciousness" is no more monolithic than the American electorate is. It may be etched into your consciousness and mine, and we certainly believe it's true. Tucker's video isn't going to sway either of us, but it's likely to confirm millions upon millions of USians in what they already believe to be true.

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Good point. The numbers, though, are on our side.

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This is true -- but gerrymandering and other forms of voter suppression are doing a pretty good job of making majorities look like minorities at the ballot box.

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The erosion is indeed steady. Texas has now joined other states trying to bar voting on college campuses.

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And here in blue Massachusetts, same-day voter registration got dropped from the VOTES Act passed and signed into law last year. Why? It was strenuously opposed by a member of the state house leadership who represents a Boston district with many, many college students. Our state primary is held in early September, and he was afraid of being primaried by newly registered student voters.

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