Christopher Bouzy
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That political party consists of millions of people and is a significant segment of the population, so yes America is broken. There are more Republican-led states than Democratic states, 27 to be exact. It's important not to pretend we came extremely close to a full collapse of our government.
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Is that America or just one of our political parties. Seems important to be specific.
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John Manier
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
I agree. The USA is broken. It’s not *irretrievably* broken—yet. But it might get to that point if we don’t set about fixing all that’s broken, PDQ.
10:53 PM - Jan 02, 2024
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Andrea Ball
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
Yes, millions of people who are disproportionately represented in the Senate. That gives their minority party outsized influence, along with the way the Electoral College counts votes.
07:06 PM - Jan 02, 2024
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Lipsticktraces
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
We are still very close.
02:59 PM - Jan 02, 2024
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Profit Greenly
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
I agree with this wholeheartedly. I just want people to realize that there is still a chance to hold off the authoritarians democratically. Some states are so R gerrymandered that it's very difficult to move them back to democracy, but it seems like it's slowly happening in WI, PA, etc.
10:08 AM - Jan 02, 2024
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Caryl D
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
For decades the focus of the Republican Party has been local and state governments building a power base. Republican attention to judge elections has been a weak area for Democrats
06:38 AM - Jan 02, 2024
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Geannie Bastian
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In response to Caryl D.
Yes this!

It’s not necessarily that more people prefer Republican led government. All but one (the one following 9/11) Presidential Election of the last 30 years saw a Democrat win the popular vote.

It’s that the Democratic Party fails to focus on State/Local (and off year!) elections.
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