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James Carville: “When you tell people that can't vote, you try to stop them. You just want to make them -- they want to vote more.”

On the recordOctober 22, 2020
When you tell people that can't vote, you try to stop them. You just want to make them -- they want to vote more.
Said by
James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Carville discusses the impact of voter suppression on voter motivation.

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