It's worth underscoring that in the actual election races where criminal justice reform came up, candidates who took a progressive stance did well -- also true in DA races of last few cycles. Idea "Defund the Police" cost votes is fact-free myth used to cover up moderate failurehttps://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1336363394220306436 …
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So: no evidence. Very good. We can move on.
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The Republicans certainly exploited it and the Democrats certainly believed it had an impact. Whether or not they were both justified in thinking so, who knows. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/13/house-democrats-post-election-reckoning-436335 …
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But since I am lacking any evidence that any Democrat ran on a platform of "defund the police" (or any variation thereof), I can't see why the Democratic Party itself should be held accountable for what a portion of its electorate believes. Standard GOP culture war stuff, natch.
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Lived experience working on the ground in NC for many years? Contacting voters from both parties for persuasion? Knowledge of my own conservative family? What would you accept as proof?
What isn’t “proof” either way though is opinions of ppl not doing the work in purple statesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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