Mark Z. Barabak

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RT @GoldsmithB: From the state that launched Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan https://t.co/1BBJbS5Ha5 — PolitiTweet.org

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In other California labor news... — PolitiTweet.org

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@WhitAyres @latimes That is all. — PolitiTweet.org

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@WhitAyres We @latimes will continue to cover 2020 through the perspective of different voters groups, revisiting them as the campaign unfolds. So stay turned. Meantime, here's that first installment https://t.co/7grBZbPwCX — PolitiTweet.org

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@WhitAyres Said veteran GOP strategist @ChuckCouglinAZ “If the Democratic nominee wants to get rid of ICE, decriminalize the border, give free healthcare and eliminate the private option, and believes there’s more than two genders ... they’re not going to win"... — PolitiTweet.org

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@WhitAyres Said veteran GOP strategist @ChuckCouglinAZ “If the Democratic nominee wants to get rid of ICE, decriminalize the border, give free healthcare and eliminate the private option, and believes there’s more than two genders ... they’re not going to win" ... — PolitiTweet.org

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@WhitAyres But perhaps the most important factor in Arizona is who Democrats choose as their nominee in 2020. As ever, it comes down to the choice voters face. (Worth noting, the state will also host a barn-burner US Senate race)... — PolitiTweet.org

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@WhitAyres The campaign also hopes to offset suburbs defections by boosting rural turnout by a substantial margin. In Arizona alone, strategists say they have identified more than 200K Trump sympathizers who failed to vote in 2016... — PolitiTweet.org

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@WhitAyres The Trump campaign is hardly ceding the suburbs. They hope to win back many disaffected women by leaning into the strong economy and promoting issues like paid family leave, school choice, female entrepreneurship and aggressive efforts to secure the border with Mexico... — PolitiTweet.org

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Much of Trump’s problems owe to his persona: the bullying and ad hominem insults. As GOP pollster @WhitAyres told me, based on his surveys, "Belligerent and argumentative were at the very bottom of the kinds of traits that women were looking for in a politician"... — PolitiTweet.org

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As an aside, Arizona has 11 electoral votes. That's more than Wisconsin — a Midwestern battleground both parties view as a key to the election. Both parties are expected to spend a lot of time and money targeting the Grand Canyon state. (That's no knock on you, Cheeseheads!)... — PolitiTweet.org

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In 2018 Kyrsten Sinema became the first Arizona Democrat in 30 years to win a U.S. Senate seat. She offered a road map for fellow Democrats to win the state, running as a centrist focused on bipartisan problem-solving, a direct appeal to pragmatic suburban voters... — PolitiTweet.org

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That's helped reshape the 2020 presidential map, giving Democrats hope of expanding the battleground into historically red states like Georgia and Arizona, where I spent some time in the Phoenix suburbs... — PolitiTweet.org

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The trend accelerated in 2018, helping Democrats seize control of the House, and again in this year's elections, helping Democrats win governorships in Louisiana and Kentucky. It's happening everywhere: from northern New Jersey to Wichita, Kan., to DeSoto County, Miss ... — PolitiTweet.org

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The suburbs used to be a reliable Republican redoubt. But that changed starting in 2016 as college-educated and upper-income women began fleeing the party in droves ... — PolitiTweet.org

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Re-upping from the weekend, for any in a turkey-induced coma, on one of the keys to 2020: Donald Trump has turned the suburbs into a political deathtrap for Republicans. Will that kill his reelection hopes? {Thread follows} https://t.co/7grBZbPwCX — PolitiTweet.org

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Fun Fact: If, as appears likely, Duncan Hunter leaves Congress, Republicans will hold just 6 seats in California's 53-member House delegation. (At least until an election is held to choose Hunter's replacement). Meaning they can caucus in a booth at Denny's with room to spare. — PolitiTweet.org

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Along with guilty plea, Rep Duncan Hunter signals intent to leave Congress---> — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @shelbygrad: Rep. Duncan Hunter says he will plead guilty in campaign finance scandal, indicates he will leave Congress https://t.co/d8R… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @margotroosevelt: .⁦@GavinNewsom⁩ is up against a formidable faction of organized labor in a fight that could threaten his agenda to add… — PolitiTweet.org

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The affable, accessible campaign style Steve Bullock honed in Montana served him well in personal interactions in Iowa, where voters expect that one-on-one attention. His favorable reception failed, however, to translate into broader support. Now he's gone https://t.co/zPefrQwedW — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidABergstein: Your back to work catch up reading is not complete until you get through @markzbarabak's look at how the suburbs are t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @haileybranson: A California lighthouse had to be moved because it sat on an eroding coastal bluff. It was a memorial to people lost and… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @shelbygrad: An @latimes investigation leads Page 1 >> The paper spent months digging through records and found more than 100 deaths at… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @shelbygrad: Beautiful: @latfoto captures one of those rare L.A. days that makes you say, "Ah, maybe things aren't quite that bad." http… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @pattmlatimes: Good thing #AbrahamLincoln isn't running in the 2020 #Republican primaries. [But just imagine how the debates might go: "… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EJDionne: “The orderly subdivisions and kid-friendly communities that ring the nation’s cities have become a deathtrap for Republicans,… — PolitiTweet.org