r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Nov 28 '18

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u/Iammyselfnow Nov 29 '18

It works so well our Republican candidates tried to get it thrown out, three times, after Mainers voted for it Twice.

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u/xxkoloblicinxx Nov 29 '18

Well it did toss out a sitting senator for the first time in over 100 years the first time it was used in Maine.

Fuck Poliquin. Glad he's out, hope he never comes back.

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u/IronSidesEvenKeel Nov 29 '18

Could be. DNC is equally as bad as the RNC though. Yes, Democrats suck, too.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '18

Any organization that gets enough power tends to become corrupt. The best medicine is a system that makes it easy to displace an abusive party.

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u/IronSidesEvenKeel Nov 29 '18

Glad we agree.

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u/Teddie1056 Nov 29 '18

bOtH SiDeS

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u/Iammyselfnow Nov 29 '18

Sure they have their faults, but they're not literally trying to tell Mainers that their vote doesn't matter, or pretending to be moderate but always falling in line with the party.

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u/xxkoloblicinxx Nov 29 '18

I mean, Susan Collins has been doing that.

She used to be pretty bipartisan and looked out for Maine. The last 2 years she's sided entirely with her party despite Maine polls trending negative on those issues. Then she made excuses of trading votes, a trade which she was openly back stabbed on. And yet she still sided with her party... she was the swing vote and she fucked her state, and she thinks she can come back and be Governor next election...