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You don’t have to be a major voting block to be a consistently consequential swing vote. California is a major voting block but its interests are rarely persuas
by shuckles 3y ago
You don’t have to be a major voting block to be a consistently consequential swing vote. California is a major voting block but its interests are rarely persuasive in federal politics because it’s never a swing vote in elections.
- pedrosorio 3y agoLogical nitpick: you argued “A does not imply B”, by providing an example of (not A, B). You need (A, not B) to make that argument.
- shuckles 3y agoThat’s fair. The logic still holds: Ohio’s interests are over-represented in Federal politics even though it’s not major because it’s important on the margins.