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Michael Bloomberg: “The data was very clear and very consistent given the strong pull of partisanship and realities of the electoral college…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2019
The data was very clear and very consistent given the strong pull of partisanship and realities of the electoral college system, there's no way an independent can win. That's a risk I refused to run in 2016 and we can't afford to run it now.
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Michael Bloomberg

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Bloomberg discusses the challenges of an independent run for president.

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