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Igel

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17. Which is deducible, right?

Reply to orange jar (Reply #12)

Sat Nov 9, 2024, 08:16 PM

Nov 9

The sheer number of reps and senators that don't vote in lockstep with the president (when of the same party) ... Because their local constituency isn't in lockstep with the president's views.

It's often a case of "buck the voters and get bucked over by the voters."

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