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@dataandpolitics Stacey Abrams did an interview a couple of weeks ago with Kara Swisher on her Sway podcast, and for what I understood it was kind of her message: with proper funding and support, activists can navigate around suppressionPermalink
Mood +4 🙂
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@dataandpolitics I also think the razor thin margin argument is pretty convincing: if you won by a thin margin, even a small change in any parameter can turn the margin the other way around. And I would argue that changing so many things in one bill makes the overall result hard to predict.Permalink
Mood +3 🙂
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@dataandpolitics On the other hand, they probably know that they are in a bad position in the middle run (demographics, local activism, etc.). So it makes sense to throw everything they can as a last stand/chance.Permalink
Mood -1 🙁
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@dataandpolitics (I mean, the GOP could also pivot to something closer to the preferences of more voters but who does that in a healthy democracy?)
Mood +2 🙂