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We had a huge environmental issue on the ballot on the north Oregon coast a few years ago. Tons of news coverage and outreach from all sides. The lowest turnout was from the registered Green Party voters. As we know, it's much easier to talk about virtue than to actually do what's required.

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Do you have a credible source for that claim? Currently, not affiliated voters outnumber any party affiliation. I think that’s just nebulous bullshit. That said, if it is reality, anecdotal irrelevancy.

Holding the winners of the vote accountable is far more important to a representative democracy. The donor class is doing a great job of that grade the crux of the matter is, unless the Democratic Party offers a solution to restoring the republic and addressing the eminent climate crisis, there is no statistically significant difference between the two parties. There hasn’t been since Nixon. Other than, basic human rights. If that argument is part of a policy conversation, good government is far out of reach.

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