Charlie Frindt

My three passions in life: politics, #Supernatural, and Glee.

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@ChazNuttycombe Oz but likely by less than a point.

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@stevemorris__ He clearly has no idea what paid leave is or why people should have it. Only way he could think something as dumb as this.

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Getting really tired of Joe Manchin’s opposition to helping people. Things would be so much better if he wasn’t the 50th vote on Biden’s agenda.

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🚨 Senate Democrats have decided to drop paid family and medical leave, a key cornerstone of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, from their mammoth social spending package Wednesday after attempts to drastically pare it down were deemed insufficient, three sources tell me.

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@donjonwyatt Please check your DMs when you see this tweet. Thank you.

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@slamminsammy365 Better start paying up

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I can’t believe Joe Manchin is holding up the adoption of the First Cat until they get bipartisanship agreement on which one to choose. The audacity of that man, this is why we need to get rid of the filibuster!

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@StephieTheLefty I think this shows that these takes should be limited to those countries. The dynamics in developing countries are just completely different. I don’t think it’s wrong just needs to be limited in scope to U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and NZ.

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@IAmKrishanPatel This is an internal poll from Fetterman 17 months out from the general election with a sample size of 300. Seems like a bit much to declare him the most electable candidate based on just this.

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@sam_epstein That’s the point, they don’t want anything to happen.

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@sam_epstein He wants to be the Senate’s savior so badly. That’s what.

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@Izengabe_ @BruneElections But looking at it and keeping it in mind is simply just bc the most egregious gerrymanders violate proportionality - think NC’s map from 2013-2017 - and thus especially for closely divided states it should be kept in mind.

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@Izengabe_ @BruneElections And the 75% I threw out is only for states that have a larger number of seats. Obviously if it’s a state like NV with just 4 seats you’ll get a percentage like that even tho it’s competitive simply bc of the small number of seats. That’s why proportionality isn’t perfect at all.

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@Izengabe_ @decunningham2 @BruneElections So too is the fact that gerrymanders are intended to produce certain results that favor one party over the other. This is a competitive district that either party can win but has elected Ds for reasons that are not solely due to the lines.

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@Izengabe_ @decunningham2 @BruneElections Look could a more compact district that is more Republican be drawn? Yes. Was this district drawn to be more competitive? Clearly. At the same time on paper it should be able elect Rs to the House but hasn’t. That isn’t just about the lines but other factors as well.

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@Izengabe_ @decunningham2 @BruneElections I didn’t realize gerrymanders were graded simply on how the district looks and not how it votes. Both matter and in this case you have a kind of funky looking, R-leaning competitive district that voted R at the prez level twice while voting D for the House.

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@BruneElections @Izengabe_ But in most states especially those with many seats and those that are competitive this should be achievable, although proportionality is a harder goal than competitiveness simply because of the nature of single member districts.

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@BruneElections @Izengabe_ It’s not possible in every state to have competitiveness and proportionality tho, I’m thinking about MA for example. You would have to gerrymander to get just 1 R district there, the distribution of Rs voters makes it impossible to draw a compact R district.