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Dana Bash on "The Deadliest Election"

It's a political cycle full of racial conflict, warring media factions, calls of fraudulent elections, and attempted assassinations -- but it's not present day America, it's 1872 Louisiana. A new book, "America's Deadliest Election" explores the election of 1872 during Reconstruction, where the race between competing candidates for governor turned violent and deadly. Co-author Dana Bash, CNN's chief political correspondent, joins Jim on "The Final 5" to explain why the story could provide some teachable moments in modern times.