But I lived in a district Akin was going to take in a landslide, because the state legislature was dominated by republicans
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This is speaking as someone who did campaign and primary all the way down to local elections
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Most people don't have time or energy for that bullshit
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Arguing that wanting change in pres. election years - with highest stakes - is hypocritical, is arguing that political involvement is stupid
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Jay Allen Retweeted Arthur Chu
Or they live somewhere that state leg. is stacked against them b/c geographyhttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/698268034595565568 …
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@arthur_affect's home state for example, Republicans have controlled the state legislature for almost all of the past 20 years3 replies 2 retweets 2 likes -
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(For one two-year term, Democrats had a majority in one of the who houses)
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The only way to fix that is a long uphill fight, often as not far from where you actually live. Or donating money.
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If you don't do that, do you not get to complain when your Congressional election districts are gerrymandered to shit?
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You have to cut off your political investment somewhere, unless you are independently wealthy or a career politician.
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Jay Allen Retweeted Arthur Chu
You don't get to complain unless you vote in the midterms. And push against the state leg. And at the local level.https://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/698276294262263808 …
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I'm not arguing over who "has the right to complain". I'm saying conservatives manage to actually do it
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