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supremesaboteur on Aug 10, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Outraged about the Google diversity memo?

Democrats spent a lot more money on these races and were still not able to win. This is clearly a problem for them. The swing in margins can be explained by the fact that the President's party mostly always loses some points

michaelchisari on Aug 10, 2017 [–]

> the President's party mostly always loses some points

Not in the double digits, they don't. And not in special elections shortly into the first year of the Presidency, especially.

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