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Why Democrats face a geographic disadvantage in elections | WHOLE HOG POLITICS
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2:16Now PlayingThe Hill's Chris Stirewalt and Bill Sammon break down how the rural-urban divide has shaped U.S. politics from the founding era to today. They explain how population geography gives Republicans an advantage, and Democrats a disadvantage, in presidential and congressional elections.
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