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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

randr

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1. People of a further left leaning have to show up and vote

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 01:55 PM

Apr 2015

in numbers above 25-50%. With the latest elections being as close as they were it would only take an insignificant increase in voting by either women or the under 30 crowd to take control of House and Senate.
Maybe a cultural icon of some sort will show up and persuade people to vote

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People of a further left leaning have to show up and vote randr Apr 2015 #1

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