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ATTENTION HAS FOCUSED ON A POSSIBLY THAT LEGISLATORS ARE BEING ACTIVELY CORRUPTED OR MAKING DECISIONS TO VOTE AGAINST THEIR CONSTITUENTS. BUT WHAT...
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| 00:01:47 |
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LEGISLATOR, A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WHAT DO YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT, WHAT IS HIS OR HER THOUGHT PROCESS? >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I GET
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OUT OF THE BOOK. I CONDUCTED A BUNCH OF INTERVIEWS, OVER 80 ON THE WITH LEGISLATORS AND THEIR STAFF AND ASKED IS WHO IN THE DISTRICT THIS IMPORTANT...
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| 00:03:02 |
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PATIENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS, AND THUS, IF A LEGISLATOR GETS 100 LETTERS, ET CETERA, ON THAT ISSUE FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN HOSPITAL, DO THOSE MATTER?...
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| 00:03:17 |
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ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF THE THINGS IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, FIRST THERE WAS A QUESTION OF WHO DO THEY SEE, A VERY DESCRIPTIVE A SURPRISINGLY NEGLECTED,...
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| 00:04:25 |
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STEP? >> WE SHOULD ALL WRITE
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| 00:04:28 |
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YOUR CONGRESSPERSON IS WEDNESDAY. CERTAINLY THERE ARE ISSUES YOU CARE ABOUT AND I THINK IN THIS DAY AND AGE IS EASY TO FEEL CYNICAL BUT THOSE LETTERS...
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| 00:05:33 |
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LETS YOU REPRESENT DETROIT, REPRESENTING CAR COMPANIES, AUTO WORKERS ET CETERA. YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT FOR THE AUTO WORKERS AND FOR THE...
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| 00:05:53 |
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THAT WAY. IN SOME SENSE. I THINK THE CONCERN IS THAT ONE OF THE BARS THAT DEMOCRATIC THERE IS HAVE TALKED ABOUT SETTING FOR REPRESENTATION IS A VERY...
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| 00:06:45 |
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FIND A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ARE TOO BIG? >> THAT IS ONE OF
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| 00:06:49 |
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THE IMPLICATIONS THAT I THINK CAN BE DRAWN OUT OF THIS. SO THESE LIMITED AND BIASED PERCEPTIONS END UP SHAPING THE BEHAVIOR. AND I TRACE THIS AM I...
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| 00:08:19 |
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INFORMATION ARE RELATING OUT OF OUR DECISIONS ARE NOT AWARE THAT WE'RE MAKING A DECISION BASED ON? >> SO IN THE CONTEXT
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| 00:08:27 |
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OF LEGISLATIVE DECISION-MAKING AND IN CONGRESS I THINK I FOCUSED ON INFORMATION ABOUT CONSTITUENTS SPECIFICALLY. THERE MAY BE OTHER TYPES OF INFORMATION...
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| 00:08:58 |
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WHAT DO YOU TEACHER AT THE UNIVERSITY? >> I TEACH CLASS
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| 00:09:01 |
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ON THE U.S. CONGRESS, ALSO A CLASS ON INTEREST GROUPS AND CLASSES ON SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. AND INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET...
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| 00:09:17 |
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GROUPS AFFECT CONSTITUENCY REPRESENTATION? >> I THINK THEY
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| 00:09:20 |
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DO. INTEREST GROUPS PER SE WERE NOT THE FOCUS OF THIS RESEARCH ALTHOUGH I HAVE DONE OTHER WORKS FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING. I...
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| 00:09:51 |
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A REDISTRICTING PERIOD RIGHT NOW FOR THE U.S. CONGRESS. WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO MAKE DISTRICTS MORE HOMOGENOUS? >>
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| 00:10:04 |
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YES. I THINK IN THEORY IT COULD BE, RIGHT? IT WOULD MAKE THE JOB EASIER FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES AND MORE HOMOGENOUS. I SAY THIS, WITH TWO COPIES. ...
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| 00:10:52 |
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MAKE. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> I THINK THAT THERE'S
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| 00:10:55 |
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A SENSE THAT THERE'S SOME VALUE DEMOCRATICALLY IN HAVING DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR THE DISCOURSE THAT IT SHOULD PROMOTE,...
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| 00:11:19 |
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MILER, DO NUMBERS OF CONGRESS REPRESENT THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND HAS IT GOTTEN BETTER OR WORSE OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS? >> I THINK THAT THEY
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| 00:11:27 |
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REPRESENT THEIR CONSTITUENTS AS THEY SEE THEM BUT I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY DON'T SEE ALL OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS, AND SO FOR ME THE STORY IS REALLY...
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| 00:11:54 |
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SO. >> TURN 10, PROFESSOR KRISTINA MILER IS THE AUTHOR, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. >> DECEMBER 7,
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