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Analyzing a Virginia election to show that candidate scandals matter and warning against over-interpreting localized Democratic victories.
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Yeah. Ben is referring to Jay Jones, the attorney general elect of the state of Virginia.
There were two big breaking negative stories about him in October. One was these quite gross text messages that he had sent to a Republican colleague of his when he was a member of the House of Delegates appearing to wish death on his opponent and maybe even
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The necessity of morally engaged politics to counter extremism and how to respond to toxic polarization without de-escalating.
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But that's what's happened. That's why we have the dangerous mix of fundamentalism and hyper-nationalism that we see today.
It's because we need a morally more engaged way of contending with our disagreements and a morally more explicit way of deliberating as citizens about what it is we share and what the implications of that
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The dissolution of the Democratic establishment creates a power vacuum, making key elections crucial for reshaping the party's future.
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But he had to defy it to change it. And now there's like brand new conversations in Congress about what it means to lead Democrats on a committee. Now, for the first time, get this, now people are talking about term limits for chairs in the Democratic Party, which no one talked about until a young guy won, but whatever. And at least they're
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An analysis of key US Election Day races, including the NYC mayoral and Virginia gubernatorial contests, polling uncertainties, and endorsements.
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So other things going on today beyond that are is it's election day all across the country. We've got the New York City mayoral race finally coming to an end. People seem to believe that Mom Donnie is going to win. I don't think it's a guarantee. You don't? I don't think anything's a guarantee.
88% some predicted this morning. I checked.
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