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Sutherland doesn't think the show will impact the real election
"I don't think that the American people are easily influenced," he says. "What I like about this show, and what I hope this show manages to achieve, is that we have a less divisive conversation about what's really important. And I think that for anybody who's watched this last election cycle, it's become like a kind of name calling, children's spat in the yard, and I don't see a lot of interesting discussion. Hopefully, in the context of our show, you'll be able to talk about things that are important and have maybe a more open discussion about them than I'm watching now."
"I don't think that the American people are easily influenced," he says. "What I like about this show, and what I hope this show manages to achieve, is that we have a less divisive conversation about what's really important. And I think that for anybody who's watched this last election cycle, it's become like a kind of name calling, children's spat in the yard, and I don't see a lot of interesting discussion. Hopefully, in the context of our show, you'll be able to talk about things that are important and have maybe a more open discussion about them than I'm watching now."
PeopleKiefer Sutherland
TitlesDesignated Survivor, Pilot