we have had jerry mandering and both parties do it. citizen unit d, a small handful of doners have transformed campaign finance. in the last election, the top 100 donors gave more than the other 4.75 million small donors combine. that is the level of con pp krshc concentration of political money we have not seen since the days of jp morgan. why am i finding myself surprisingly energized by the moment? there is more agitation and concern and wide understanding of the ways in which the system is broken than we have had in a long time. the book talks about this. in this election, we have candidates from all over the place addressing these issues whether it is bernie sanders talking about campaign finance reform being a central issue to donald trump with all things he is doing saying he is the only candidate on the republican side who can not be bought by contributions to gladly endorsing the person who wrote all of the voter suppression laws out of kansas. hillary clinton putting forward the most detailed and in many ways plans for voting

of a royal in previous lines, the attorneys dislike the new maps, say it still creates mass jerry manderring. 12 district runs through here in mecklenburg county. paychecks are about to get bigger, more than 7300 worker here in charlotte are getting a raise, 48,000 north carolina employees will get a raise, making at least $10 an hour, that is part of company's two year multibillion dollar invest, that is higher pay, better training, clearer career paths and also education altun for all employees, workers should see the raise to this week's paycheck. bill: coming up next, a ban reverse. concealed weapons are now allowed in government buildings in one north we'll take a look at the bill: a fox 46 follow-up police continue to search for a suspect who attack a pregnant woman at a bus stop in charlotte, the woman said a stranger tried to steal her purse two times while waiting for the bus on then kicked and punched her several times while down, even in the face, women said she and the baby are doing okay. >> detective are investigating a bizarre break in, in lincoln county. a man wear a wolf mas

virtually every writes about the current state of partisan affairs cites jerry mandering. but i would point out that jerry and back me up on this joanne, has been with us for a very long time. the piece of machinery that did change dramatically in the period we have discussed today is the primary. primaries have proliferated as a means of choosing candidates. this means that an activated super minority can upset the apple cart. the smaller the electoral grows, the more powerful a passionate group of voters motivated by a single issue becomes. since it is generally voters at the outer edges of the ideological spectrum who bother to show up for primaries, legislators have to be cautious about compromising with, quote, the enemy as these true believers see it. i observed this process play out firsthand in my own rural virginia district, a district that used to be represented by eric cantor. but he proved simply too liberal for my district. too much of ofa compromiser. too much concerned about governing rather than being primaried which was thought to be impossible. finally, it