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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Pinboard

      I call this the Beto effect. Hard to believe but many Dem candidates are underfunded because the party is.. well, it's the party that lost 2016. But a few splashy races give the opposite impression—the way holding the presidency 2008-2016 hid the electoral collapse of the party.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1049495854590189569 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Pinboard @Pinboard
      I wrote an impassioned cri de nerd here about why we risk losing the midterms. I'll spruce it up with hyperlinks and pictures a little later. http://idlewords.com/2018/10/portrait_of_a_campaign.htm …
      9 replies 215 retweets 452 likes
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018

      Having studied movements/opposition in many countries, one frequent theme in losing efforts is the ratio of attention to factors not-under-their-control vs. factors under their control! This may get people upset with me but both Dem leaders & "resistance" often share this trait.

      2 replies 30 retweets 129 likes
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018

      Where is the effort to balance funding so that obviously super-safe Dem seats aren't raising millions while first-time candidates building infrastructure (for the future, if not this election) have real money? Don't see it. It's like 2016 didn't happen. 2008-2016 didn't happen.

      4 replies 46 retweets 133 likes
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018

      Take voter ID laws. Where's the nationwide mobilization to get an ID for everyone? Send college students to help poor folks navigate the bureaucracy, drive them to DMV etc. "ID summer!" Nope, just many articles on how unfair it is. Fine but not enough for winning political power.

      9 replies 70 retweets 258 likes
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018

      There is no external, benevolent distributor of justice that will look down and hand political power to anyone just because things were unfair. Grassroots energy doesn't automatically translate into strategic action. The energy may carry the Dems through 2018 but.. still..

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Sturm

      Yes, done! Meanwhile, on planet earth...https://twitter.com/wvrginyn/status/1049660314567041024 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Sturm @wvrginyn
      Replying to @zeynep @tomscocca
      You want voter ID laws, make issuing passports a mandatory, cost free function of the federal government. Done.
      6:59 AM - 9 Oct 2018
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      • Rebecca MacKinnon Zacha Crystal English tonyjoyce Perandex david MGoBlueAnon Bernie Does It Chris Chelberg
      4 replies 9 retweets 66 likes
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted  👩🏻‍⚕️RN  ✈️Running Makes Life Better

          Yes, a very nice list of articles and some video appeals. *slow clap* People have forgotten what a true mobilization looks like. I'm also not saying there are no efforts. There are many orgs out there! There is no proportional, nation-wide *mobilization*.https://twitter.com/Gemma__RN/status/1049660040334991362 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

           👩🏻‍⚕️RN  ✈️Running Makes Life Better @Gemma__RN
          Replying to @Gemma__RN @zeynep
          Yes, we Democrat’s, are doing something about voting rights & related issues as evidenced in this thread.
          2 replies 12 retweets 61 likes
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Spread The Vote

          So this voter-ID org has a 2018 budget of... about $500,000. If that sounds a lot, well, the Koch brothers *alone* spent about $1,000,000,000 (yep one billion) for downballot in 2016. Yes, there are orgs... There is energy. It's just not proportionate. 🤷‍♀️https://twitter.com/SpreadTheVoteUS/status/1049669819644174337 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Spread The Vote @SpreadTheVoteUS
          Replying to @zeynep
          Our 2019 budget is just under $2M, which is almost triple our 2018 budget. Despite those figures, we've helped hundreds of people in the less than two years we've been operational and are growing by the day. http://spreadthevote.org/our-voters 
          5 replies 27 retweets 71 likes
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        2. Sturm‏ @wvrginyn 9 Oct 2018
          Replying to @zeynep

          I wasn’t trying to highlight reality.

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        3. Sabine Essie‏ @sfschn 9 Oct 2018
          Replying to @wvrginyn @zeynep

          Exactly.

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        1. Social Boosted Bard‏ @textualdeviance 9 Oct 2018
          Replying to @zeynep

          This will never happen as long as Republicans are in charge. Because the purpose of ID laws isn't to prevent fraud, it's to prevent voting.

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