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What issues mattered to Independent voters this election cycle

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to political consultant and publisher of The Bulwark, Sarah Longwell, who runs focus groups with swing voters, about what mattered to independents in the midterms.

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Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition and Up First.