Founder and CEO of Run for America David Burstein lays out a potential electoral path for Oprah Winfrey. Jon Kelly, Kristen Scholer, and Burstein discuss how she might be able to win if she runs for president in 2020. Burstein discusses whether Oprah would be able to outperform Hillary Clinton in the Midwest and what a potential 2020 Winfrey campaign might look like.

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