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struggle4progress

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Fri Nov 10, 2017, 03:17 PM Nov 2017

Five lessons from this week's election

David Lauter

... Each time the debate over healthcare has dominated the headlines ... Trump’s support has declined. In Virginia, roughly four in 10 voters said healthcare was the top issue motivating their vote; they voted overwhelmingly for .. Northam ...

The suburbs are in revolt against Trump ...

... a small but significant slice of Trump voters are disappointed by his presidency, and they threaten the GOP ...

... The trick of a gerrymander is to spread your .. voters .. among .. many districts .. while concentrating the other side’s in .. few ... The risk is.. that if .. political tides shift, your side will be spread too thin. The greedier a party is, the greater that risk ... Virginia Republicans were greedy ...

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-essential-politics-20171110-story.html




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Five lessons from this week's election (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2017 OP
lesson 6 - there must be a democrat contesting every seat in every local/state/federal election nt msongs Nov 2017 #1
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