Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote; creating 50-50 tie in legislature

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/democrat-wins-va-house-seat-in-recount-by-single-vote-creating-50-50-tie-in-legislature/2017/12/19/3ff227ae-e43e-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?utm_term=.82f2b85b50fa

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Especially when Dems had 54% of the aggregate vote.

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That's not even true either. Even in areas where something is a guaranteed win for one side the office of those politicians and the politician themselves use the voter record to inform policy decisions.

If you're a dem in gop areas, when they see their area leaning further into a particular issue it influences policy change, in particular over the longterm.

It matters absolutely everywhere. Every percentage point of change in a particular direction tells a politician they need to adjust their policy or continue to see that shift occur. And it does cause policy changes or shifts.

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The point is that the presidential election is not the only reason you should vote. Your vote in a district strongly held by the opposition matters more in shaping the future of long term policy legislation than someone's vote already in a strongly held state.

Being tunnel visioned on just the president is part of the problem. Demonstrating that you're a non-participator simply demonstrates that they don't need to change any policies or positions.

Voting and losing still affects policy of the party you voted against in future. Far more so than voting in already won states.

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It absolutely does contradict your point when you don't retroactively decide to imply that you understood and meant all of that in your buzzwordy statement that does nothing other than confirm to people their predisposed reasons for not bothering to vote.

You're helping absolutely nobody by putting these thoughts in people's heads. In fact, you're hurting, by keeping people home. Stop that.

Gotta question the legitimacy of a year old account with only 4 days of comment history because you delete it all. What are you hiding with all that regular deletion?

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Privacy, sure. Not ops at all.

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It even caused changes in my country, where there is literally no reason not to vote for the ruling party