MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 14 days agoRed State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.www.propublica.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squaredaniel_callahan@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-213 days agoThe issue is that americans vote on identity. They don’t vote about policies. Look at Arkansas. A freaking Nuclear Engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came up a solid plan to improve Arkansas. He visited all 75 counties. He lost by double digits against Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She barely campaigned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Arkansas_gubernatorial_election The issue is that many americans simply vote on identity. They don’t vote about policies.
The issue is that americans vote on identity. They don’t vote about policies.
Look at Arkansas.
A freaking Nuclear Engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came up a solid plan to improve Arkansas. He visited all 75 counties.
He lost by double digits against Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She barely campaigned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Arkansas_gubernatorial_election
The issue is that many americans simply vote on identity. They don’t vote about policies.