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During the last mid-term election, the concept of the "exhausted majority" emerged. Since then, politicians and journalists alike have embraced the concept. It was coined by the global non-profit More in Common, which fights polarization in western democracies. Research Director Stephen Hawkins, of Englewood, Colo, speaks with Colorado Matters senior host Ryan Warner.