landscape analysis of youtube. so what we are looking at with that visualization is at the top anti-immigration content of the last 15 years. and what we found in our landscape analysis is that the majority of the most viral anti-immigration content actually is produced by a handful of organizations. and the reason why that s very important is, i think, there s a pervasive narrative out there that xenophobia and anti immigration rhetoric comes from individuals. it comes from citizens, and it s a populist, grassroots sentiment. and that s not what we saw on the research. what we saw on the research is that actually these messaging campaigns and communications strategies are highly intentional. they are centralized. and they come from were funded institutions. i know hassan it s gonna speak about that kind of network, which we re talking about hundreds of millions of dollars,
stage right now which joe biden is one. and i don t think bloomberg has a shot at this and i don t think anybody asked him to do this. i think he thinks that he can make a difference in this racing the numbers right now. i don t think there s great grassroots sentiment, but i think it could be a very long shot proposition and democratic primary. but these conversations are going on among democrats clearly because of the worries about joe biden. shannon: let s move to the other part of the alabama equation. jeff sessions did not leave the white house and the best terms against president trump so there are lots of questions. obviously the senate majority leaders saying the people in alabama will figure this out and we do want to get the seat back and i m hopeful that we will. leslie, start with you. does jeff sessions give you a better or worse chance of getting feedback in that territory? i think he gives the worse chance. you heard lindsey graham the other day talking about well,
stage right now of which joe biden is one and i don t think bloomberg has a shot and no one asked him to do it. he thinks he can make a difference. we are talking past each other. i don t think there s grassroots sentiment for him to get in either and it would be a longshot proposition and democrat primary but these conversations are going on among democrats because of joe biden. let s move this alabama equalization which is jeff sessions. he did not leave the white house on the best terms with donald trump. there are a lot of questions. mitch mcconnell saying the people of alabama will figure this out. we want to get that feedback and i m hopeful we will. does jeff sessions give them a better or worse chance to get that feedback into red territory. it gives a worse chance.
in some way help them with the law. it does seem cruz is tapping into a grassroots sentiment of frustration with washington. there really are a lot of people who say, look at the republican leadership and say, you know what, you re not fighting hard enough. and he s tapping into that frustration. and being backed by some activist groups and of course the talk radio crowd which likes this populist ground swell. is he on to something here, cruz? i think a lot of people agree with him. a lot of people are frustrated. we want to defund obama care too. right, and the issue here is his tactics. the long-term republican strategy for defunding obama care is winning elections. first next year in the midterms and then ultimately the presidency. that is the only way you re going to really push back or start to roll back obama care. what ted cruz has managed to do is isolate people who agree with