WEBVTT - 3-13-26 Sloan with Kevin Burton

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to be an American? I want to

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<v Speaker 1>hear this is seven out of WLW. This is interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>A record high forty five percent of adults in America

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<v Speaker 1>identified as political independence last year, and that number looks

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<v Speaker 1>like it's going to grow this year in twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 1>But an equal share of adults now consider themselves a

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven percent Democrat, twenty seven percent Republican, a forty

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<v Speaker 1>five percent independent. What the hell does that mean? Actually?

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<v Speaker 1>And the independent percentage has increased in the past fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>years unt around forty percent, but we haven't seen this

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<v Speaker 1>level like in a long long time. What's driving this

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<v Speaker 1>whole thing. Joining the show is polster and political advisor.

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<v Speaker 1>That'd be the legendary Kevin Burton from Crosstown Consulting in

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<v Speaker 1>northern Kentucky. keV, I doing I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Doing pretty good, Scott, Thank you for that introduction.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the legendary in your legendary at this point, this

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<v Speaker 1>is I mean I look at this and go, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>forty five percent independent. I consider myself that I tend

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<v Speaker 1>to lean to the right, but at the same time

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<v Speaker 1>more libertarian. I'm kind of an amalgamation of different things,

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<v Speaker 1>but I vote with my conscience, not because I want

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<v Speaker 1>to be part of a movement, and I've yet to

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<v Speaker 1>see a movement that I would be part of, because

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's a certain amount of corruption and also

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<v Speaker 1>a glasshouse's nature, and also having to go against some

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<v Speaker 1>ideals in order to compromise. And maybe I'm a little

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<v Speaker 1>too stubborn to do that. But it seems like I'm

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<v Speaker 1>in the majority here at this point. And what does

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<v Speaker 1>this mean for the Democrats and Republicans? Of twenty seven

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<v Speaker 1>percent are Democrats, twenty seven percent of Republicans. They take

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<v Speaker 1>up all the oxygen in a room.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And the reason why independence have grown is because

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<v Speaker 2>of the primary. So in Kentucky you have a close primary,

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<v Speaker 2>so only DS can vote for d's, only rs can

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<v Speaker 2>vote for rs. Eyes can't do anything. In Ohio you

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<v Speaker 2>can do say, you know, you can do different things.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're an eye. You can vote to the Democratic primary,

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<v Speaker 2>you can vote to the Republican So each state is different,

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<v Speaker 2>but the primaries always result in the most extremes on

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<v Speaker 2>both sides, and that's why it's driven more independent because

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<v Speaker 2>to win a primary, you're usually looking at ten, twelve

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen percent turnout in off year elections, which frankly, the

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<v Speaker 2>only people who usually vote on those are people.

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<v Speaker 1>Who are really riled up.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're going to have the extremes on both sides.

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<v Speaker 2>So it has pushed more people to the middle. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>when you do campaigns, though, there's usually about eight to

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<v Speaker 2>ten percent that are completely non leaning, and those are

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<v Speaker 2>the core flippers for independence.

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<v Speaker 1>How you win elections? Okay, obviously they're important in the

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<v Speaker 1>election themselves. Some of the old adage about you always

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<v Speaker 1>campaign to the extremes and you governed from the middle, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>that that sentiment's been gone for a while now, that's no,

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<v Speaker 1>that has been true in a while. No o, not

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<v Speaker 1>at all. I mean, which turns more people in independence.

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<v Speaker 1>But again, if that's the way the system is designed,

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<v Speaker 1>it feels like a fruitless effort, is it. Well it is.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is where it's kind of ironic that the

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<v Speaker 2>only time both Democrats and Republicans work together is to

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<v Speaker 2>squash any third party.

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<v Speaker 1>Right. We talked about redistricting in Ohio and Democrats all

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<v Speaker 1>worked up, Well, what about states or Democrats? Well that's different.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and you know for every California there's an Alabama

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<v Speaker 2>and vice versa.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know.

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<v Speaker 2>The bulk of people, and you know you hear this

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<v Speaker 2>with in your communities.

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<v Speaker 1>You know you're at a bar, at.

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<v Speaker 2>A church, ninety percent of people just common sense things.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what.

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<v Speaker 2>You're seeing with forty five percent of people identifying as

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<v Speaker 2>independents and the twenty seven percent you know to an

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<v Speaker 2>R or D, you're really seeing just kind of people

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<v Speaker 2>where I think are.

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<v Speaker 1>Just tired of just being tired of politics. Yeah, yeah, exhausting.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, can we just get back to being like, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I might not agree with you, but it's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we want to make politics boring again?

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<v Speaker 2>That that should be the next slogan for anyone, right right,

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<v Speaker 2>Make politics boring?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, make politics b You don't talk about religion and politics, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>now we talk about both. And it's exhausting, quite honestly

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<v Speaker 1>when you start looking at the numbers. Though inside the

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<v Speaker 1>over forty five almost half the country, for god's sakes,

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<v Speaker 1>call themselves independence, and let look where we are when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to the poop slinging on both sides. Gen

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<v Speaker 1>z Ors, though in particular, declare their independencity a much

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<v Speaker 1>higher rate fifty six percent than millennials did when they

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<v Speaker 1>were that age of forty seven percent. What does that

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<v Speaker 1>mean in the long term.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, okay, so millennials to gen Z. You also got

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<v Speaker 2>to remember for millennials, for most of them, they were

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<v Speaker 2>in college or high school when Obama came in, So

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<v Speaker 2>like I would take that with a little grain of salt.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of gen Zers, you know, they still lean

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<v Speaker 2>or considered themselves a Democrat when push comes the shelf.

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<v Speaker 2>So out of the poll they did forty eight percent

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<v Speaker 2>of them considered themselves a Democrat for considered them Republicans.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think it's just simply like you see the

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<v Speaker 2>Bernie Sanders, the AOC, the Mindannie wing, where frankly they

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<v Speaker 2>didn't get a fair share from the Democratic Party. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's why more and more people are just saying,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, I'm just going to be an independent

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<v Speaker 2>and on the Republican side, you know, they're that was Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Trump didn't feel like he was getting a

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<v Speaker 2>fair shaken twenty sixteen, which was a lifetime ago, but

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he was an outsider running.

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<v Speaker 1>Are independence basically socialists and misplaced populars?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I mean, you know, because like when you're running

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<v Speaker 2>an election, basically both ours and d's they have these

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<v Speaker 2>softwares and they're billion dollars softwares and they basically put

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<v Speaker 2>algorithms and it's way above my pay grade. But there's

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<v Speaker 2>like one hundred and thirty sub sections and everything, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'll give you a score. So let's say is zero

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<v Speaker 2>is a conservative, one hundred is a Democrat. So it

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<v Speaker 2>will say if I typed in Scott Swan, let's say

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<v Speaker 2>your score was twenty seven, that would mean that you

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<v Speaker 2>have a high probability of voting Republicans. So when you're

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<v Speaker 2>running these elections, especially with independence, you look at the

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<v Speaker 2>around ten percent of the independents who really swing the election.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are the people who you hear, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, they voted Trump, Biden, Trump, Obama. And that's and

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<v Speaker 2>that's where elections are really one. They're one on the margins.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the margins, the eight to ten percent non

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<v Speaker 2>leaning independence.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got your twenty seven percent of hardcore conservatives, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five percent twenty seven percent hardcore progressives. In order to

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<v Speaker 1>tiff that that split, you need to draw that ten percent,

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<v Speaker 1>got it, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Because out of out of the other thirty five, basically

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<v Speaker 2>you can split that seventeen percent both ways and they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to lean.

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<v Speaker 1>To the last of lean to the right.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's all about about that ten percent number who

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<v Speaker 2>really decides federal elections.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and I guess that ten percent is on the

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<v Speaker 1>seesaw going okay, well who do I who? As opposed

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<v Speaker 1>to who do I really like?

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<v Speaker 2>Who?

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<v Speaker 1>Who do I who do I hate? Least it's the

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<v Speaker 1>way we look at that. And I guess that ten

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<v Speaker 1>percent is that why we will not see or do

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<v Speaker 1>you think we'll never see another two term present again?

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<v Speaker 1>For that reason? And I guess, I mean, you can

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<v Speaker 1>seck you know, Trump's second term technically, but you know

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<v Speaker 1>Biden was in the middle of that, so we just

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<v Speaker 1>swung back and forth. Is that why?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean? But also I would say both Trump and

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<v Speaker 2>Biden are kind of outliers. I mean, Biden was going

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<v Speaker 2>to be eighty three years old and Trump's gonna be,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the same, And it was COVID, So I

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<v Speaker 2>would say, let's see one more president before we make

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<v Speaker 2>that claim, because both of them are kind of different

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<v Speaker 2>from the majority. But yeah, it's very very hard if

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<v Speaker 2>you look at presidential approvals really since the invention of

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<v Speaker 2>cable news, but really social media, it's almost impossible to

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<v Speaker 2>stay above fifty percent approval. So it's going to make

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<v Speaker 2>it harder and harder to govern, and just harder and

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<v Speaker 2>harder to block out the noise.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, gotcha. So Trump's first term, we got the

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<v Speaker 1>anti trumpers go, hey, we need something. We're tired of

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<v Speaker 1>this guy. We brought Biden in. Four years later, we

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<v Speaker 1>got tired of Biden, we brought Trump back. And I'm guessing,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, with the midterm and then three years from now,

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<v Speaker 1>are we going to rebel against the Republicans and voted

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<v Speaker 1>Democrat in.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, but that's also the great thing of those countries.

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<v Speaker 2>There's checks and balances.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean it is.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you might not like it, but that's that's

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<v Speaker 2>how we've always been and hopefully that's how we always

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<v Speaker 2>will be. You know, when one tide gets too strong,

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<v Speaker 2>the people speak up right and vice versa. So if

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<v Speaker 2>you ask me today, yes, the midterms would probably look

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<v Speaker 2>really good for the Democrats as of today, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Then we'll see what happened. I mean, again, this has

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<v Speaker 1>been one year. I can't have three more years, and

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<v Speaker 1>it just seems like it's getting more and more viral.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, since we're going at each other even harder,

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<v Speaker 1>and every day feels like it's a year. As far

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<v Speaker 1>as news goes, there's definitely been a change the last

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<v Speaker 1>number of years relative to that. And Trump, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>is a whirlwind of activities, always doing something. Certainly every

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<v Speaker 1>day there's something new, for sure, and either you're excited

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<v Speaker 1>by that or turned off by it, but everyone definitely

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<v Speaker 1>has an opinion on it. I look at the general

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<v Speaker 1>racial breakdowns. Gen Zer fifty six percent identifies independence, Millennials

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<v Speaker 1>a majority, gen X my generation forty plus percent identifies independence.

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<v Speaker 1>When you get downe to the baby boomer silent generation,

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<v Speaker 1>it's right around thirty three percent. How much does that change?

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<v Speaker 1>It just seems like the older you get, the more

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<v Speaker 1>accepting you become of a party. And maybe you know

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<v Speaker 1>what this whole identity politic thing where people will not

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<v Speaker 1>question the person they voted for, even if it's a contradiction,

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<v Speaker 1>they won't point that out. In many ways, that seems

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<v Speaker 1>to be case you just as the older you get,

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<v Speaker 1>the more set in the ways you are and you

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<v Speaker 1>want to be part of that community. And does that

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<v Speaker 1>change with future generations where their identity isn't politics.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, but you also got to remember, if you're a

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<v Speaker 2>baby boomer or definitely a silent generation, you really grew

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<v Speaker 2>up in a whole different world. You didn't have twenty

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<v Speaker 2>four to seven news for the longest time, the Internet

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't really have, and definitely non social media. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think, you know, social media in the twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>hour news has just changed everything. It's made politics a constant,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I think going forward. I mean, so when

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<v Speaker 2>you're running an election, generally speaking, I always tell people

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of block out people sixty and above if

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<v Speaker 2>they're an independent or a Democrat or a Republican, because

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<v Speaker 2>their minds are already made up.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've voted eight.

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<v Speaker 2>Straight elections for one party, it's gonna be really, really

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<v Speaker 2>hard to try to convince you to switch because you're

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<v Speaker 2>kind of said in your ways.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>We can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry, old people. Well, you look at brand loyalty, mean

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<v Speaker 1>you know that that has died, that died some time ago.

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<v Speaker 1>To with younger generations, you know, used to be like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a tied man, I'm a Republican man, I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>you know, whatever it might be. Younger people don't have

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<v Speaker 1>those loyalties unless it's sad.

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<v Speaker 2>That's about it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's true, that's true. Well, you know that's more of

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<v Speaker 1>a cost issue than anything, because you know, if you

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<v Speaker 1>decide I'm going Android, your tablet, your laptop, your desktop,

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<v Speaker 1>your handheld, your mobile, all that stuff is now you

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<v Speaker 1>got to swap it all up. He's Kevin Burton Polster

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<v Speaker 1>of Northern Kentucky here, and we're talking about a new

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<v Speaker 1>study that came out from Gallup. They do this every year.

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<v Speaker 1>A record high forty five percent of US adults identify

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<v Speaker 1>as political independence. In the past year, twenty seven percent

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<v Speaker 1>each edfin themselves as Democrats or Republicans, and that that

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<v Speaker 1>middle part, that independent part, becomes critical in elections, He said,

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<v Speaker 1>about ten percent ten percent will decide the election either way,

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<v Speaker 1>which is why we go back and forth the days

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<v Speaker 1>of FDR where we have multiple terms feel like that

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<v Speaker 1>is it's definitely in the past unless something else changes too.

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<v Speaker 1>Taking into account America's party identification of that match out

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<v Speaker 1>with the twenty seven percent forty seven percent identified as

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats or said they're a independent, it's forty two percent

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<v Speaker 1>with the Republicans. That's a three years I think that

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<v Speaker 1>broke a three years stretch in which Republicans held a

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<v Speaker 1>an edge and party affiliation. Is that something that also

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<v Speaker 1>changes or is the Republican party in decline and once

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrats take power at some point that just swings

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<v Speaker 1>the other way.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's I mean, the Republicans are in charge now,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's why, you know, I mean, people always it's

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<v Speaker 2>the backup quarterback syndrome. You know, if things aren't going well,

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<v Speaker 2>you're always yearning for the backup quarterback. And then once

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<v Speaker 2>the backup quarterback comes in, you're like, well, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>reason why I didn't want him in.

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<v Speaker 1>The first place.

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<v Speaker 2>So, I mean, that's just a give and take of

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<v Speaker 2>you know, leading. It's so impossible now to actually get

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<v Speaker 2>above fifty in.

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<v Speaker 1>Party registration or approval.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you go back to George W. Bush right

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<v Speaker 2>after nine to eleven, he had an eighty seven percent

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<v Speaker 2>approval rating.

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<v Speaker 1>That's on the I can't even press about that. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and that was probably at the time, and oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, because Lincoln had a probably a bad exemplar. Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>for example, had a ninety nine percent. Yeah, and no,

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<v Speaker 1>that makes sense too, because as divided as we are,

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<v Speaker 1>the conservative ideology advantage is shrunk to just seven points.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the smallest ever. And again I think that's just

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<v Speaker 1>in the case what you're talking about here. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if that I think it could be though,

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<v Speaker 1>that Trump is redefining what conservative means. I'm not even

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<v Speaker 1>sure what conservative means anymore. O.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I mean, you know it doesn't mean a small government,

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<v Speaker 2>no small government because exactly so. But you know, Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>have really had to come to Jesus meeting kind of

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<v Speaker 2>this last year. You know, it was a really bad

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<v Speaker 2>messaging point for you saying, you know, Trump is a

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<v Speaker 2>threat of democracy when you didn't even have a primary.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that's the number one reason why Trump

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<v Speaker 2>won because as he took away, they're not the number

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<v Speaker 2>one thing to use against him when you didn't allow

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<v Speaker 2>an open primary.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, where does social media go from here? In the

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<v Speaker 1>Digital Agency mentioned information fragmentation, declining trust, and institutions like

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<v Speaker 1>journalism did that'll also fuel the independent identification?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I mean that's the I think irony is that

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<v Speaker 2>as we've gotten more educated, we're actually headed more towards

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<v Speaker 2>like another dark age. You know. I also do think

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<v Speaker 2>there's a little bit of kind of a pushback, especially

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<v Speaker 2>with millennials and gen Z. I don't really see a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of millennials on Facebook anymore, right, I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>that time kind of passed for them, you know, in

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of ways. I wonder in you know, fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years, when we look at the effects of social media,

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<v Speaker 2>how people looked at the cigarette companies in the nineties

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<v Speaker 2>or the early two thousand, the effect of gone.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, it's just so the the polars and camps even more,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's declining to some degree.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>As an aside here, I have a family members they

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<v Speaker 1>moved recently and not one of their neighbors, and the

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<v Speaker 1>first question out their mouse was are you Republican? Because

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<v Speaker 1>everybody in the streets Republican. And he used to be like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>we're Catholic? Are you Catholic? You know where need to

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<v Speaker 1>go to high school? Things like that, and now it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's probably been that way for a while. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's kind of interesting, Like that's that's the whole identity,

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<v Speaker 1>right is I'm a Republican or I'm I'm a progressive whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>It might be. More Republicans and progressives here in Cincinnati,

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<v Speaker 1>but you get the.

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<v Speaker 2>Idea well, and you even see that now people will

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<v Speaker 2>be like, well, I don't want to watch this actor or.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to this thing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, as long as they're going to commit a

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<v Speaker 2>crime like r Kelly or P Diddy, like I think,

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<v Speaker 2>I think you're all right. You can disagree with them,

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<v Speaker 2>but if they still make good art, like just go

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<v Speaker 2>with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, Well like back when Senators Carry Right and

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<v Speaker 1>Teresa Hines Kerry and people were boycotting Heinz ketchup on Mike. Look, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care the politics, but the only ketchup in

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<v Speaker 1>the world is Heines Ketchup. I'm sorry. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>I would put up before I would boycott Heinz Ketchup.

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<v Speaker 1>He is a Kevin Burton Polster advisor with Crosstown Consulting

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<v Speaker 1>in Northern Kentucky. All the best, thanks to the inside,

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<v Speaker 1>Appreciate you, Thank you, Scott. Enjoy the warm before the

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