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itsonlyastrongbuzz t1_j600r2h wrote

I did.

It’s absurd.

> But Campbell did not finish in the top two in the preliminary election in September and advance to the final election in November. She did not get what she needed: strong turnout in Black Dorchester and Roxbury and Mattapan, neighborhoods she was promising to elevate.

Roxbury and Mattapapan are overwhelmingly black and overwhelmingly voted for Wu.

Campbell thinks that those black voters aren’t representative of the whole?

“Is it my campaign? No, the constituents are wrong!”

This is like the red wave FoxNews talked about.

> An analysis for Ideas by Murmuration, a nonprofit that focuses on building data-driven political and advocacy campaigns, found that roughly 30 percent of white Boston voters cast ballots in Boston’s 2021 mayoral preliminary, but only 25 percent of Black voters and 14 percent of Latino voters participated.

White and Latino voters didn’t vote for a white or Latino candidate but black ones are obligated to vote for black candidates, especially when they pander.

Stupid, and offensive.

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wwoliver04 t1_j5zx6ce wrote

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itsonlyastrongbuzz t1_j5ztziv wrote

The whole assumption is that “black voters will vote for a black candidate” is comically racist.

Roxbury and Mattapan are overwhelmingly African American, and low turnout or not, overwhelmingly voted for Michelle Wu over Essaibi-George, who’s African American.

To think we somehow haven’t made progress because we haven’t specifically elected an African American mayor would be hilarious if it didn’t have soo much traction.

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ftmthrow t1_j5zswu0 wrote

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j5zqiuq wrote

I have to ask......Did you just read the headline and that's it? Cause this definitely isn't about merely trying to check off bingo boxes at all.

It's pretty clearly a piece about increasing voter turnout among underrepresented groups at the polls, primarily african americans and what impact that could have about future elections.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j5zp7hr wrote

>If someone doesn't vote in an election, that is the equivalent of not voting for that person.

The flyer and followup text weren't put out by a person, much less a candidate. I've found it helps to read an article from start to finish before coming to share it on Reddit with the laziest take possible on 5% of the information presented.

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>The idea that membership of a racial group should mean that you vote for a particular candidate is -of itself, a racist concept.

Nobody but you seems to be saying it. Weird, huh.

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Master_Dogs t1_j5zo4gs wrote

68° F is a really high thermostat setting. Setting it to 65° F would probably result in a $100 drop, minimum. If you could survive 60° F overnight and 64° F during the day you'd probably get into the $700 range.

Something sounds pretty off with your system or insulation though, since a modern energy efficient setup with proper insulation and windows/doors shouldn't cost more than $500 to hear a unit of that size to that high a temp. I'd probably look into Mass Save programs to bump up your insulation, fix drafts, maybe purchase a heat pump, etc. Assuming you own the condo that is.

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