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competitive general elections. what a concept. it means that the politicians running in those seats won t simply be able to get away with playing to the base. they ll actually have to reach across the aisle and win over the reasonable edge of the opposition. which is how democracy s supposed to work. but that s exactly what s been under systematic attack. the incentive system in our politics is all screwed up. by design. and that s why the parties are preoccupied with these purity tests and don t seem to give a damn about working together to solve common problems. you don t believe me? let s dig into the data. according to the cook political report, there were 164 congressional swing seats in 1997. that s a plurality with competitive general elections. fast forward 20 years later. you see that number is down to 72. with republican-safe seats skyrocketing to 195 and democrats to 168. and if we don t do something, it s going to get much worse. exhibit a is the cracking republicans are tr

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