Primary Contests Bring in Hot Button Topics

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Channel: PBS NewsHour · 2010 · News & Politics

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Primary contests are less than 24 hours away in four states: Arizona, Florida, Vermont and Alaska. Hot-button issues such as immigration will be a focal point as well as economic spending. Gwen Ifill previews the primary contests with professors Susan MacManus of the University of South Florida and Bruce Merrill from Arizona State University.

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