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Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
But a ton of the answer for Texas statewide is turnout, isn't it?
I enjoy Pantsuit Nation. The Mass chapter has become an action organization. One of the most effective things they do is drive comments on articles, so now if some winger spouts off in a local paper, when you read the comments its all ornery lefties calling bullshit instead of the peepee the frog crowd. The peepee crowd seems to be getting kind of flustered with it actually. But they can also turn out a crowd on a moments notice, which means when the Gov is about to do something bad, he's suddenly finding himself being called on it very publicly everywhere he goes.
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I've heard "turnout" for 20 years. I don't buy it anymore. Yes, there are voter suppression efforts. Yes, there's an outreach problem. But it's also a messaging problem. AND if we KNOW that a certain population isn't going to show up, why do we ignore the population that DOES show up?
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