How an independent candidate got 42% of the vote against an incumbent

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🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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As an independent candidate, Greg Orman received a stunning 42.5% of the vote in his race against an incumbent senator in Kansas. Greg joins Andrew to talk about facing an unprecedented opposition effort from Republicans, wasted votes, and cheat codes for independents. Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X7tY6jX5Y4w A Declaration of Independents - https://amzn.to/4cQd3Oh Follow Greg Orman: https://greg-orman.com | https://twitter.com/GregOrman Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyang Get 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50 Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yang Get 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	This week on forward.
0:33.0	So the reality is your individual vote is not going to decide the outcome of any race.
0:40.0	It doesn't mean it's not important, it is important, but it's important because it's an expression of who you are and what you value.
0:48.0	And we spend so much time voting trying to minimize our maximum regret.
0:53.0	And so we vote for candidates,
0:56.0	or really more precisely,
0:58.0	we vote against candidates, we hate and we fear.
1:01.0	Instead of voting for candidates we love or who inspire us or who have
1:05.1	policies that align with us and that's why again I think we've got such a
1:09.4	difficult time. It is my pleasure to welcome to the podcast someone who maybe should have been on here a little while ago
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