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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of August 23

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      MimicSquid
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      Yeah. This was the least satisfying vote I've ever made, but I voted for Kevin Paffrath for the second question purely because he has the best polling numbers. I don't want the recall to succeed,...

      Yeah. This was the least satisfying vote I've ever made, but I voted for Kevin Paffrath for the second question purely because he has the best polling numbers. I don't want the recall to succeed, but the absence of a good Democratic fallback is a really, really terrible choice.

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        1. nukeman
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          The last time there was a recall in 2003, several serious Democrats ran, split the vote, and Arnie won. The thinking this time was: your choice is Newsom or a Republican. Make it an explicitly...

          The last time there was a recall in 2003, several serious Democrats ran, split the vote, and Arnie won. The thinking this time was: your choice is Newsom or a Republican. Make it an explicitly binary choice. That may well backfire, but it was an understandable strategy.

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