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   From: dsgood@iphouse.com   
      
   CharlesRCaplan@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > On Aug 29, 6:18 am, "William Black"    
   > wrote:   
   > > "Dan Goodman"  wrote in message   
   >   
   > > > (If you're a citizen and resident of another country and are   
   > > > certain you understand US politics, answer this question without   
   > > > looking it up:  What party controls the upper house of the   
   > > > Nebraska legislature?)   
   > >   
   > > 1.  How many US citizens within the USA who take an interest in   
   > > politics know this?   
   > >   
   > > 2.  Why should anyone outside the USA (indeed,  outside Nebraska)   
   > > care?   
   >   
   > Agreed. It's a trick question anyway.   
      
   Sure; there are three tricks to it.  But anyone who fully understands   
   US politics would know two of them, and can at least guess the third.   
      
   I wasn't saying it was important; I was saying it was something which   
   would be known.   
      
   > I could care less about how   
   > Nebraska organizes its legislature. How Nebraska legislates within its   
   > own borders is the least of my concerns, as I never intend to live   
   > there. Which party controls Nebraska's federal representation is far   
   > more salient.   
      
   Which is determined partly by how Nebraska's legislature maps   
   Congressional districts after each census.   
      
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