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    Barack Obama Goes All In Politically To Fight Gerrymandering

    The former president sees representative elections as the key to progress on global warming, gun control, and health care.
    by Edward-Isaac Dovere Dec 20, 2018 3 minutes

    Barack Obama has sometimes struggled to find his political footing since leaving office, even though he’s more popular and more in demand by Democrats than at any point since 2008. He’d been challenged by a very deliberate decision he made to steer clear of direct confrontation with Donald Trump for a year and a half, aware that a fight is always exactly what Trump is looking for. Why help him turn out the Republican base?

    Behind the scenes, Obama had been much more active and forceful, meeting with top Democrats

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