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Jan 24Liked by William L Brown

A bit unreasonable to think the uber provincial population is going to get , or deserves, that kind of attention when so many of the big issues are both international/economic and global/political. Who passes laws that say I have to be first no matter what. Glad I moved away , town meeting in Vermont was always a collection of showboaters, day drinkers, and folks who thought way too highly of themselves and their folksy democracy objectives.

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Is S. Carolina better at those international/economic, global/political issues?

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Somewhat. At least black people will be voting in significant numbers on important national issues rather than the rest of us having to suck up to a polity that's 93 percent white. It's something I suppose. I meant to give a thumbs up on the art work. Nice job there.

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Thank you, Steven! Check this out - here's a good NPR article about what states would be better, more representative, to hold the first-in-the-nation primary. It overlooks my concern, which is that the first in the nation primary should be in a small state where underfunded, grassroots candidates have a chance. The big states the article recommends, such as Illinois, would be unaffordable to such candidates. The small states of Delaware and Rhode Island are #9 and #10 on the list of "perfect states," however. South Carolina is #32 on that list.

https://www.npr.org/2016/01/29/464250335/the-perfect-state-index-if-iowa-n-h-are-too-white-to-go-first-then-who

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The entire electoral landscape needs remaking, doesn't it.

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