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It's really a consistent issue, polling just doesn't capture gun control well www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/u...
Voters Say They Want Gun Control. Their Votes Say Something Different. (Published 2022)
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March 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It's worth noting ballot measures on gun control often heavily underperform public opinion polls, for instance a universal background check measure failed in Maine despite universal background checks typically polling 80% or 90%+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Ma...
2016 Maine Question 3 - Wikipedia
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March 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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this is what i mean by decadence. your vote is not a gift you give a person you like. it is a responsibility forced on you by citizenship which implicates you in the actions of the state.
February 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM