Wow, an unlabeled chart from an unknown source. Gosh I'm convinced! Convinced you're talking out of your ass.
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I can be such a dick when I know I'm right.
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I have a feeling you don't have to be right to be a dick.
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-- then why didn't the "Howell for Senate" full-page ads in the LP News direct people to fund a committee for the question, instead of her campaign?
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Because the 3 full page ads in the Boston globe explained what Question 1 was and how they should vote on the issue. The LP News ad was to get donations and volunteers for her campaign which is less likely in a Boston globe ad.
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Firstly, getting 45% on a yes/no question where the "no" means "less taxes" is not something I would seek to take credit for. Unless of course I was seeking it amongst a group that was terribly ignorant about politics...
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Getting 45% to remove an entrenched state tax despite millions upon millions being spent to scare people into thinking the state would collapse without it and while having a meager budget is something to be very proud of.
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Secondly, if she did so much for the benefit of the question, would not some of the millions of votes cast as NO lead to coat-tails for her?
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Because Taxachussets isn't a strong state for Republicans and since it was the first election after the highly questionable elections in 2000 voter turnout was extremely low and polarized on the two major parties.
I don't mean to burst your bubble chief but you don't seem to know as much about the LP as you think.