I don’t understand what’s going on in Ohio’s 16th district. It’s an open seat in a district that leans Republican by 8 points, eminently winnable in a year like this one
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The three Republican contenders have raised a million bucks between them, while the sole Democrat—a scientist who looks very young, and has no political experience—has $2,000https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/OH/16/2018/ …
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The Republican who has raised the most—$600K!—is a 33 year old sports star http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/national-govt--politics/former-buckeye-star-could-shake-race-for-congress-ohio/TQkD4zR6GwnWKI8b0zOdHP/ …
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Are we even trying to win elections in 2018? Democratic primaries in districts like this should be teeming with talent and donor money
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Replying to @Pinboard
Is leaning 8 points a huge lead or not particularly? Where did you get that information?
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it’s the CPVI, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index …. I would take it with a grain of salt. Attempts to measure intrinsic political leaning
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I think Nate Silver is doing a rival index that might be useful to you, too
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