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   From: dscknuggetz@gmail.com   
      
   AlleyCat wrote:   
      
   >Our initial post-election state legislative analysis showed that, given   
   >the top of ticket outcomes, Democratic candidates in many battleground   
   >state legislatures performed better than expected in the 2024 elections.   
   >Given Donald Trumpƒ Ts state-level wins, we would have expected to see   
   >significant Republican gains at the state legislative level, but that   
   >didnƒ Tt happen uniformly. In fact, Democrats held on to slim majorities   
   >in critical chambers like the Minnesota Senate and Pennsylvania House,   
   >picked up enough seats to break Republican supermajorities in Wisconsin,   
   >North Carolina and even Montana, and gained seats in the Georgia Houseƒ   
   >"all in states that Trump carried. Of course, the story was not all   
   >positive for downballot Democrats, who narrowly lost control of the   
   >Michigan House and Minnesota House. But in terms of state legislative   
   >chambers and seats held, Democrats had more success than the historical   
   >trends around presidential coat-tails and downballot roll-off would have   
   >predicted.   
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   >It doesn't make sense that Trump would win swing states when Democrats   
   >were winning most down-ballot races in those states. The answer is that   
   >Trump cheated.   
      
   One day they'll bash out his front teeth so he can suck better dick.   
      
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