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Dominican-Puertorican. Software developer. Casual gamer. Meat Loaf fan (the guy, not the food).

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Aug 22

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted G. Elliott Morris

      We've had this system, in broad outline, for 2+ centuries, through multiple expansions of the electorate, many different partisan coalitions, & endless shifts in who benefits from what at particular moments. Skepticism should always face those who urge blowing it up for an edge.https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1429556769022517251 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      G. Elliott MorrisVerified account @gelliottmorris
      Not worth debating on here with you, but I think it says a lot more about you/your outlet than it does about me that you think trying to change a political and electoral system that is biased towards one party by 6 points (and growing) is "entrenching" democrats (NB lower-"d") https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1429547137696739337 …
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    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Aug 22

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Jonathan Chait

      We have a deliberative system. A Republican majority in 2022, for example, does not instantly nullify the president elected in 2020 or the 2/3 of the Senate elected in 2020 & 2018. This is American civics 101.https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1429560908200689665 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Jonathan ChaitVerified account @jonathanchait
      What if, instead of needing to win “The kind of majorities that can actually win elections”, they just needed to win majorities? And what if Republicans also needed to win majorities in order to govern? https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1429547137696739337 …
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    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Aug 22

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Dan McLaughlin

      I remember when these same pundits were arguing that majorities in midterm elections were illegitimate. I went back through this in this October thread.https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1321546460106838021 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Dan McLaughlinVerified account @baseballcrank
      Another one who has totally blocked out the whole "two electorates" talking point that was so common it was described at the time as conventional wisdom https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/midterm-election-turnout-isnt-so-different-from-presidential-year-turnout/ … https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1321545119783411714 …
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    4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Aug 22

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Isaac Chotiner

      Yes, multi-year majorities, because the different branches are elected on different schedules. Majorities with a wide, diverse base, rather than concentrated in a single region. This is how American governing majorities have always been formed.https://twitter.com/IChotiner/status/1429563782875914241 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Isaac ChotinerVerified account @IChotiner
      “Kinds of majorities” is a great phrase https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1429547137696739337 …
      5 replies 4 retweets 61 likes
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    5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Aug 22

      This stuff is not complicated. Americans my age learned it by fourth grade.

      5 replies 3 retweets 82 likes
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    6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Aug 22

      Every two years, we have federal elections. Every two years, progressives revise their theories of why it is illegitimate for any elected Republican to represent the people who elected them.

      10 replies 36 retweets 183 likes
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      Holden‏ @Holden114 Aug 22
      Replying to @baseballcrank

      The Vox model of governance posits the system is broken whenever Democrats aren't in the power.

      5:49 PM - 22 Aug 2021
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        2. KB‏ @ReadYouForFree Aug 22
          Replying to @Holden114 @baseballcrank

          As opposed to the GOP model which posits that everything is rigged when the GOP loses an election.

          4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Right of Left‏ @RightOfLeft_TX Aug 22
          Replying to @ReadYouForFree @Holden114 @baseballcrank

          Go find a thread where someone believes that if you want to argue about that. You won't find any here.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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