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Hello, OnPoint Podcast listeners, it's Megna, your host, and I've got a special first-person

episode of OnPoint here.

Now on today's main show, we took a look at the quality of democracy at the state level

in this country, so state-by-state analysis of how democracy is functioning.

And our starting point was a so-called democracy index that was developed by political scientists

Jake Grumbach.

And he basically measured the health of democracy in each of America's 50 states.

And we focus specifically on Tennessee.

Well, why Tennessee?

Because according to Grumbach's index, Tennessee scores dead last when it comes to a healthy

democracy in the United States.

So how is that playing out on the ground in Tennessee?

Well, to find out, we spoke with Sheila Clemens Lee.

Because in 2017, Sheila became actively engaged in Tennessee politics after suffering a terrible

personal tragedy.

Six years ago, my son, Jacquee's Clemens, was shot three times in the back by a police

officer by the name of Joshua Lippert.

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