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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by chloyster to c/politics

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An insanely close race that was the focus of WA state for the last few weeks with a lot of lessons learned I think.

Down ballot races matter. Upthegrove got second by only 53 votes in the end. Vote!
Washington's mail voting system works. There were roughly 10 vote numbers changed in the entire state after the hand recount was done.
First past the post voting is awful. The Democrats got the majority of votes, but it was split between 5 candidates vs the 2 Republican candidates. We almost had a general election with 2 Republicans up in an extremely blue state. 2 candidates who are in the pocket of the timber industry.

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