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E: 0.52, S: -3.48
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« on: September 14, 2021, 07:51:07 PM » |
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1. Small state with fewer media markets
2. A larger portion of the Democratic base in MA is educated, politically-engaged white people.
3. New England has a distinctive type of participatory civic "town meeting" culture. People regard voting as part of being a good citizen and being informed about the candidates is part of that. In CA and NY, you have more of an idea of politics as a transaction ("I vote for the longtime corrupt machine incumbent because he funnels money into my community and he hooked my cousin up with a job with the transit authority").
4. The Massachusetts GOP, maybe because they haven't been totally shut out of power like in NY and CA, did not go off the deep end. Those states don't have a Republican comparable to Charlie Baker or Bill Weld.
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