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Michael Podhorzer@mikepod.bsky.social |
7. Citizens United brought a sea change in how our elections are run and who can influence them. Spending on congressional/presidential campaigns was barely more in 2008 than 2000, but 2020 spending skyrocketed.
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Michael Podhorzer
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8. Bush v. Gore: The original sin, which set the template for the strictly partisan electoral decisions to come. If the disputes over the validity of all the ballots in question had been consistently resolved and any uniform standard applied, Gore would have won by 60 to 171 votes.
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