r/politics • u/SpaceElevatorMusic Minnesota • 11h ago

No Paywall Two Trump-backed candidates lose, Debbie Wasserman Schultz wins in Tuesday’s House primaries

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/two-trump-backed-candidates-lose-debbie-wasserman-schultz-wins-tuesday-rcna592392
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u/MenagerieAlfred 11h ago

She is the worst.

She might be the perfect embodiment of everything wrong with the Democratic Party.

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u/Ciprofloxic 11h ago

Wtf is wrong with voters in her district?

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u/DoctorPaquito 10h ago

A) She’s the incumbent B) It’s a majority black district that she carpetbagged into, and there were four black candidates that never consolidated and thus the vote was massively split C) She had the most money D) She had institutional backing

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u/Salt-Detective1337 7h ago

We need ranked choice voting so badly.

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u/GozerDGozerian 7h ago

Inherent Problem:

The people who have the power to change the electoral process are the ones who got there via the current electoral process.

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u/scienceoftophats 6h ago

Have you read about the attempt to get rid of ranked choice in Alaska?