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Nathaniel Gregory<p>In fact I can even provide examples where <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RCV</span></a> isn't much a final solution and where direct oppositions from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> would occur: </p><p>In <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> there was <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LisaSavage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LisaSavage</span></a> (The Independent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progressive</span></a> Candidate) against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MaxLinn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaxLinn</span></a> ( The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Independent</span></a> Candidate), <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaraGideon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaraGideon</span></a> (The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> Candidate) &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SusanCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SusanCollins</span></a> (The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> Candidate).</p>
Nathaniel Gregory<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cosmic_spinnerette" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cosmic_spinnerette</span></a></span></p><p>I want to insert my take on 2 examples.</p><p>In <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> we had Lisa Savage, a teacher &amp; union negotiator, who ran as an Independent with Green Values: Universal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a>, Unionization, Clean <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a>, etc. against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MaxLinn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaxLinn</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaraGideon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaraGideon</span></a> (The Dems Candidate) &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SusanCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SusanCollins</span></a>. She was, I believe, in 1 or 2 debates. But there was literally suppression of coverage, like not allowing her into the debates as well as pollsters not mentioning her when they were doing a poll on the race.</p>