The Democrats Did Something Good; C.W. Gardner and his 2,038 Votes; Reece Ellis & Social Media Presence v. Voter Turnout Realities; Kansas's High Turnout v. MO Underwhelming Showing

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1. True or False - Candidate Social Media presence translates to election performance

1. Guest Reece Ellis - made an excellent thread looking at this issue in Missouri

1. https://twitter.com/TheReeceEllis/status/1554818826457550848

1. Yeah…NO - Election denier and ultra MAGA candidates primary wins

1. Blake Masters in AZ

2. Finchman https://www.npr.org/sections/2022-live-primary-election-race-results/2022/08/03/1114845378/arizona-secretary-of-state-primary-election-results

3. Lake

1. Buy or Sell - High turnout in Kansas on “NO” vote favors Gov. Kelly and Rep Davids , in November

1. Dem turnout was 250% compared to 2018

1. https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article263946446.html

2. Vote went 58% to 41% - mirrors basic national polling on the issue of legality of abortion

1. https://www.npr.org/sections/2022-live-primary-election-race-results/2022/08/02/1115317596/kansas-voters-abortion-legal-reject-constitutional-amendment

3. County breakdown

1. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/02/us/elections/results-kansas-abortion-amendment.html

4. Kansas turnout v. Missouri

1. Kanas blew MO out of the water

2. https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article264147101.html

3. Voters flocked to the polls in significant numbers Tuesday in the Kansas City area, particularly on the Kansas side of the state line. Statewide, Kansas’ turnout was far greater than Missouri’s: around 47% of Kansas voters cast a ballot, while only around 24% of Missouri voters did. Of the counties that make up the Kansas City metro area, Johnson County saw by far the highest turnout at 53.7%. While not as high as the state’s average of about 47%, Wyandotte County came in second place with nearly 35% turnout—higher than any of the Missouri counties in the metro.

2. The Big One: Dems passing legislation

1. Inflation Reduction Act (the IRA?) New Reconciliation Bill survives, and it’s major legislation

2. https://twitter.com/whcos/status/1556385691759792131?s=21&t=UOe7d3b201anlwuKPyZAVg

3. Burn pits bill

4. CHIPS

5. Passed late afternoon on Sunday

1. What is in the Inflation Reduction Act? - https://www.npr.org/2022/08/07/1116190180/democrats-are-set-to-pass-a-major-climate-health-and-tax-bill-heres-whats-in-it

6. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/07/democrats-senate-reconciliation-votearama-00050222

7. Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/07/inflation-reduction-act-senate-democrats-pass?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

8. Environmental measures

9. Prescription drug negotiation by medicare for SOME drugs

10. 15% corp min tax

11. Republicans stripped out the insulin cap

1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-07/tax-bill-latest-democrats-dare-gop-to-strip-out-insulin-capl

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