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On the recordSeptember 7, 2008
If you can do this in a way that is sort of being quietly done -- it's not up on the big radar screen -- that women in the suburbs feel really frightened by it, it makes a huge difference in energizing and getting people in more rural areas, small town America not only to vote.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen explains how the culture wars can mobilize rural voters and impact election outcomes.

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