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Cake day: 2023年6月22日

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  • And primaries are the “real” elections to get us there. General elections will continue to be major party A vs. major party B, with a “this is the most important election ever” backdrop, while primaries are where we have to try to get our important issues (like election reform) carried by generally electable candidates to get those issues injected into the parties.

    And the amount of money spent on primaries confirms how influential they are capable of being.


















  • For me, it’s helpful to remember what the underlying reality is.

    Skewed for population and colored on a red-blue scale to reflect vote mix.

    When those votes are counted, the resulting electoral votes align to those votes, which results in maps like what you showed. When strategists tune their messages to target demographics they can divide (e.g., rural vs. urban), they’re playing a game of inches and shades on this map of purple goo, and that’s still the reality behind the ultimate electoral vote, even if it doesn’t feel like it.

    Keep voting, everyone!

    edits: So much autocorrect.