Purple Reign

Stories filmed during the 2016 campaign cycle about how partisanship has become the dominant feature of American elections, both nationally and locally.

Purple Reign

Season 1 Episode 7 | 10m 26s | CC

In the fight to win control at the state level, Republicans have reached a historic high, capturing thirty-one legislatures in the past several years. Now the Republicans think they have a plan to win both legislative houses in left-leaning Washington State. With divided knife-edge majorities in both chambers, we follow a GOP strategist as he works with socially moderate candidates.

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