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reACTIONary

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30. Sorry I didn't get back to you....
Sun Dec 6, 2020, 07:23 PM
Dec 2020

... I've been busy and haven't had the chance. Thanks for the update.

My thought is that this analysis is too narrow.

Overall, we lost a lot of our 2018 gains in the house, and in many of those districts (I believe) Joe won. So we see that a lot of voters who are willing to vote dem at the top of the ticket were unwilling to down ticket. And some of those districts probably were ones we flipped in 2018, which would reinforce the probability that a lot of those down ticket voters would be willing to vote dem.

My intention is to identify districts that flipped to dem in 2018, and then flipped back down ticket but still voted for Joe. I'd like to know if this was significant.

Now, even if it is, the question is why? I'm not sure, but messaging would be a likely factor. And "defund the police" would be a part of that for these voters. Maybe better message discipline would be helpful. Not that it would be easy to achieve.

When I get the chance to look into it further, I'll get back to you. And keep me posted.

If Rose supported defund, that would be s great point quakerboy Nov 2020 #1
Thank you. I keep asking folks to show me ONE Democratic platform that Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #2
It's the same with "open borders" Shermann Nov 2020 #3
It's not a dead horse... reACTIONary Nov 2020 #4
So? You are all for censoring of speech, right? Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #6
Censoring speech... reACTIONary Nov 2020 #7
We are a big tent. quakerboy Nov 2020 #8
My solution... reACTIONary Nov 2020 #10
Your solution is doa quakerboy Nov 2020 #12
+1 Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #15
Sorry, I'm not leaning into "defund the police".... reACTIONary Nov 2020 #16
Then nothing will change quakerboy Dec 2020 #17
Sorry, but "defund the police" is... reACTIONary Dec 2020 #19
And yet its not Democratic policy, so even if that was true, it would be irrelevant. quakerboy Dec 2020 #25
Irrelevant to whom? reACTIONary Dec 2020 #26
Its really not quakerboy Dec 2020 #27
Agree. I sont support the slogan. Reform the police is alot better onetexan Dec 2020 #28
Ps quakerboy Nov 2020 #13
Yes, yes they are!! Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #14
The way to counter false propaganda ... reACTIONary Nov 2020 #5
Not really quakerboy Nov 2020 #9
In fact, I think ... reACTIONary Nov 2020 #11
Explaining is explaining JonLP24 Dec 2020 #18
It is a slogan... Allow me to explain... reACTIONary Dec 2020 #20
Defund is close enough JonLP24 Dec 2020 #21
Actually, defund the police means... reACTIONary Dec 2020 #22
It already did happen JonLP24 Dec 2020 #23
I think the salient point is... reACTIONary Dec 2020 #24
Bringing this back up quakerboy Dec 2020 #29
Sorry I didn't get back to you.... reACTIONary Dec 2020 #30
The numbers are pretty clear quakerboy Dec 2020 #31
Thanks! nt reACTIONary Dec 2020 #32
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