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🗓️ 8 April 2025
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0:00.0 | I always say if our win rate was higher than about 55 or 60%, we wouldn't be taking big enough |
0:04.7 | swings. |
0:05.6 | I want to lose because I think as long as we're losing by less each time, that's how you eventually |
0:10.2 | take an 80-20 district to 6535 to 55-45 to 55-45 to 51-49. |
0:16.4 | That to me is more important than like, oh, we only endorsed in the easy wins or the most |
0:22.8 | flippable races. |
0:23.7 | No, I want to be everywhere. |
0:24.8 | Because you know what? |
0:25.4 | Beyond the political ramifications, people in those communities deserve a chance to make |
0:29.5 | their voice heard. |
0:30.6 | And too often, if run for something or one of our partners on the ground isn't recruiting |
0:34.4 | in those races, nobody will run. |
0:46.5 | Thank you. the ground isn't recruiting in those races, nobody will run. Hello, and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast. I'm your host Lee McGowan. Let's get into it. |
0:51.8 | Look, I'm not going to pretend what's going on in this country isn't chaos. |
0:55.6 | It is exactly what those of us who were paying attention warned everyone about for years. |
1:00.1 | Every day feels like a new low, the end of America as we knew it, and it's hard to get your |
1:05.0 | head around, which is why every month or so I'd like to highlight individuals and groups |
1:09.4 | working to imagine a better future, |
1:11.6 | not just those dealing with what's happening day to day, but those who are doing the work to |
1:15.6 | imagine America where our democracy is still intact, and we could replace this government with a better |
1:20.8 | one, because as unimaginable as that might feel right now, we have to keep it in our minds, |
1:26.3 | and we must work towards it. With that in mind, |
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