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MineralMan

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35. To Be Effective, Democrats Need to Be the Majority

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 10:43 AM

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in our legislative bodies and executive positions. Anything less means what we have right now.

So, as long as we have a majority vote, I'm all for it. If we lose that (for any reason), we fail.

And that's all that matters. Who wins in some state or district is irrelevant. We need the majority or we lose.

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