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Sorry are you saying that if I have a lobbying interest (ie Green widget manufacturing) I need to find a State where the Senator votes agains t Green Widgets bu

• JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > need to find a State where the Senator votes agains t Green Widgets but the people of the State benefit from the Green Wudget factory? Then it's easy to convert / lobby / bribe the Senator? Nope. Find a state where the Senator votes against (or, more likely, ignores) green widgets. Show that their people, specifically likely voters, even better if both in their party (primary) and generally, like them. Commission polls, run ads, show them the data if it exists, and if it doesn’t, credibly measure it. Most people opt out of this because (a) it’s tedious and unsexy and nobody makes an HBO drama where the protagonists are lobbyists and they don’t win with a massive protest, (b) they think the system is more corrupt than it is because (c) they think their leaders are more aware/plugged in/scheming/competent than they really are. It also doesn’t work for issues that have already polarised. But that is not most issues.