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ancianita

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4. Sure. Because the Senate is elected statwide, outside of gerrymandering.

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 13, 2023, 09:21 AM

Mar 2023

State Primary rules are a problem. So is the poor quality of primary candidates in Republican states. So is the whole world view of Republicans that allows that poor quality to persist in its ranks, right down to its voters. Extremists subvert government by subverting governance that works to do the most good for the greatest number.

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The problem is, all the republican candidates are lying racist idiots! Emile Mar 2023 #1

They're not "gifted." They gerrymandered. ancianita Mar 2023 #2

In the House, sure. Not in the Senate Tom Rinaldo Mar 2023 #3

Sure. Because the Senate is elected statwide, outside of gerrymandering. ancianita Mar 2023 #4