most people in America won’t have a chance to vote in a meaningful election, and I think that pretending otherwise is harmful
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it encourages the belief that politics is dishonest and that the system is rigged by the few. Let’s be honest about the status quo
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the best thing we can do to fix US politics is create more real, contestable elections, where people’s votes *do* matter
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I live in San Francisco, CA-12. Whether Nancy Pelosi wins here in 2018 by 100,000 votes or 100,001 won’t mean a thing for my city
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most people live in House districts that are a foregone conclusion, like mine. We need to work now to make our votes matter later
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but every vote might matter, & even when a vote isn't dispositive at top of ticket, it may matter down-ballot where majority actually winsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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yes they do! We have to figure out how to make there be more contestable races up-ballot, too
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the electoral college is just another form of gerrymandering…
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