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Missouri was dominated by red candidates and progressive ballot initiative wins like minimum wage. It's got me wondering how far we can push it. Like, what if we push a ballot proposition to A) levy a marginal income tax and B) fund a minimum income with the proceeds? Would rural voters go for it?
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The Glumslinger posted:Dems should be pushing for non-partisan redistricting to be on the ballot in as many states as possible in 2020 Also early voting, voting for felons, location and capacity rules for voting precincts, etc.
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Nov 7, 2018 17:17
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Badger of Basra posted:I think Sean McElwee said this but the left would probably get a lot more seats primarying people in safe D seats than reaching for swing states. It sucks though that a couple of the better places to do this (CA, WA) use top two so you’d be vulnerable to Republicans deciding to vote for the relatively more conservative incumbent. I think it's also a good idea to run socialists in deep red seats because, like, why not gamble? Electability isn't a concern there, either, so take the opportunity for some real life conservative crossover focus testing.
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Nov 13, 2018 03:13
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My hot take is that different places like different candidates sometimes. And Florida is racist.
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Nov 13, 2018 14:30
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Lightning Knight posted:It's almost like the entire theory behind "have red state Democrats tack right on social issues and throw marginalized people under the bus" is viscerally morally insulting and also as of the 2018 midterms usually doesn't loving work. Are there any theories that did work in red states, aside from ones like "run against a pedophile?"
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Dec 27, 2018 05:29
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Lightning Knight posted:Progressives and socialists won office in the Virginia legislature in 2017. Did they win any rural districts?
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Dec 27, 2018 05:48
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Lightning Knight posted:It's difficult to tell since there's not a lot of information available from cursory Google searches given that I don't exactly know where to live, but they seem to be suburban and not heavily populated. I was just wondering if any modern progressives have found a winning strategy for more rural districts. The closest I can think of is Bernie in Vermont.
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Dec 27, 2018 05:57
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evilweasel posted:Brown and Tester won and I would be very interested in understanding how, since they’re pretty ideal for red state senators. Tester seems to benefit from a state with elastic voters, so that may not translate. Brown, I don't know. His margin looks like it improved compared to Hillary in 2016 by about 14 points, compared to say Mckaskill who improved by 12 and lost. So maybe he just benefited from a relatively blue state and a favorable environment.
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Dec 29, 2018 17:54
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Finally, someone in Missouri gets serious about guns. Missouri lawmaker introduces bill mandating gun ownership.
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Mar 16, 2019 13:55
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friendbot2000 posted:In short, if you are white, be a bro and put your body between a cop and a minority. It is the worst loving superpower to have, but it can save lives. I guess I should look up a legal hotline or something to keep in my wallet.
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Jun 10, 2019 18:24
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Ego-bot posted:Didn't Missouri reverse their law via referendum in 2018? The Missouri law didn't take effect before repeal, so it was never a right to work state.
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Oct 10, 2019 22:00
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mandatory lesbian posted:Replacing mitch McConnell with Mitch McConnell but female doesn't really seem like a winning move, imo Mitch but voting for Dem majority leader would be a significant improvement over the status quo. On whether that's the best improvement we dare hope for, I'll defer to local Kentucky residents.
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Nov 25, 2019 21:31
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karthun posted:Its almost as if Democrats get a bunch of stuff done when they have power. I hope somebody packages all this up as model legislation for other state Democrats to run with or run on.
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Feb 5, 2020 01:50
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I think Sanders 2016 showed that a principled outsider campaign can catch fire. It's worth a shot, I mean why not? Maybe he'll catch on, maybe he'll pull the field left. What's the problem?
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Jan 3, 2021 06:57
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Discendo Vox posted:Again, the order of votes allows deliberation and vote trading. An item being later in the docket gives its supporters more leverage through earlier votes. This is what legislative deliberation is. We can't prove the bill would've passed because Carter sabotaged it. This doesn't really make any sense to me. If you're debating a bill about which district gets the money and jobs for a new government building or power plant or something, then sure, you need to do some horse-trading. But RTW is strictly about the power relationship between union workers and the wealthy, so the only reason you would need to be persuaded is that you naturally lean toward screwing workers for the wealthy. It seems ridiculous to look at this situation, where the majority of Democrats need to be pulled over to the side of supporting workers, and say that Lee Carter deserves all the blame for not persuading them correctly. Even if you think he muffed the tactics.
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Feb 19, 2021 04:02
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Are Virginia Democrats in a position to throw away unions so easily? Is union membership that low in VA? Even MO was able to repeal RTW. I'm surprised VA dems are so willing to tell unions "support us and we'll pass your bill, not like last time when Lee was mean to us or the time before when we thought we might have to pay workers more."axeil posted:For the people still trying to argue Lee is innocent in all this:
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Feb 19, 2021 18:22
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axeil posted:Given that the unions have all come out in opposition to Carter your framing here is disingenuous. I'm not sure how meaningful it is to come out against a gamble that already didn't pay off. Discendo Vox posted:The parliamentary maneuver destroyed the capacity for anyone to perform normal legislative deliberation on the bill. PerniciousKnid fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Feb 19, 2021 |
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Feb 19, 2021 19:20
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evilweasel posted:you asked for evidence of him being lovely to fellow va democrats, you got the t, and in a repeat of your posting throughout this thread just said “no not that, if I believed that I might have to admit I was wrong so I’m just not going to believe it” I see a bunch of tweets of him complaining that certain fellow VA dems are poo poo, and replies saying nuh-uh. If there's something more specific here that I should be mad about then please highlight it.
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Feb 20, 2021 16:37
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evilweasel posted:that is a giant honkin red flag. why the gently caress is carter suddenly interjecting his ex-wife into that conversation. Assuming the ex-wife is the alleged abuser, the why is explicitly stated in the tweet.
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Feb 20, 2021 17:56
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Owlspiracy posted:this is crazy to type, but in terms of big ticket items there just not that much left to push for - its just expanding a lot of whats already there (i.e. increasing school funding, but the fight of "do we even fund schools" has already been won) Does Virginia have card check?
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Apr 3, 2021 17:56
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evilweasel posted:the same evidence from the last time you personally discussed this in the thread (I found it by using the "?" under your post). here: Isn't evidence supposed to convey your side of the story?
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I'm surprised blue Virginia can't repeal RTW when a voter supermajority in red Missouri repealed it by referendum.
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