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If a Democratic wave breaks over state legislatures, its effects will be lasting
MOST AMERICANS do not know who their state representatives are. Only 12% could correctly name them in a Co-operative Congressional Election Study from Harvard in 2018. But on a recent Saturday when Janet Diaz, who is running for Pennsylvania’s state Senate, knocked on doors belonging to Democratic-leaning households with (her data suggested) patchy voting records, the looks were not as blank as normal. Some even recognised her.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/10/28/if-a-democratic-wave-breaks-over-state-legislatures-its-effects-will-be-lasting