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The Blue Wave on November 6, 2018 included so much good news it was difficult to process it all. Over the next few weeks, Smart Dissent will attempt to recap the progress we made together including well-publicized topics and less covered ones.
Our fifth post recognizes that Beto O'Rouke's Senate loss was tough to swallow but not without tremendous progress associated. The "Beto Bump" was very real and will have lasting impacts for Texas.
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The Blue Wave on November 6, 2018 included so much good news it was difficult to process it all. Over the next few weeks, Smart Dissent will attempt to recap the progress we made together including well-publicized topics and less covered ones.
Our fourth post focuses on critical wins in the fight against gerrymandering which is ruining our representative democracy. Combing this with Monday's post, the Blue Wave was a major step forward for voting rights.
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The Blue Wave on November 6, 2018 included so much good news it was difficult to process it all. Over the next few weeks, Smart Dissent will attempt to recap the progress we made together including well-publicized topics and less covered ones.
Our third post is that Medicaid won BIG with ballot initiatives passing in several states and new governors elected in other states who are in favor of it.
Three states voted Tuesday to expand their Medicaid programs, which will extend coverage to an estimated 325,000 low-income Americans.
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The Blue Wave on November 6, 2018 included so much good news it was difficult to process it all. Over the next few weeks, Smart Dissent will attempt to recap the progress we made together including well-publicized topics and less covered ones.
Our second post covers the Democrats triumph in the Midwest which shows us an ideal path to 2020 victory as well.
Democrats also dominated two Senate races and the governor race in Minnesota, Great Lakes state where Trump almost pulled off an upset.
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The Blue Wave on November 6, 2018 included so much good news it was difficult to process it all. Over the next few weeks, Smart Dissent will attempt to recap the progress we made together including well-publicized topics and less covered ones.
To start this off, a brief look at the crucial Voting Rights victories last week.