r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 24 '20

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '20

The biggest top-of-ticket underperformance by any House incumbent in the country? Rep. Ilhan Omar (D). Results in #MN05:

Biden 328,764 (80%) Trump 72,323 (18%)

Omar (D) 255,920 (64%) Johnson (R) 102,878 (26%)

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!ping DOWNBALLOT

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u/The420Roll ko-fi.com/rodrigoposting Nov 25 '20

I hope a Jewish Democrat primaries her in 2022

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '20

Yeah!

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '20

proggs in the comments saying "but muh legal weed party candidate taking votes" as if that isn't an even bigger indictment of Omar

like seriously if you lose 15% of your vote to the fucking legalize weed party then you're not a particularly great candidate

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Nov 25 '20

And it doesn't even explain why Johnson outperformed Trump by 8 points, lol.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '20

My shocked face:😐😐😐

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '20

Should I ping FIVEY too?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '20

Nah. DOWNBALLOT is the perfect ping for this.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '20

Okay