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Re:Run for Office: Find all elected offices you are eligible... by EternalData on Thursday January 26, 2017 @01:19PM (#13493774)
I always love technological solutions that ease the path forward to meaningful action.

I wonder if there's a way to algorithmically determine how a candidate with subpar funding could beat somebody established with many more (a playbook of kinds). That would be the next step forward -- sure, you can run, but it flips the dynamic when you're smart about running to win.

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Re:Run for Office: Find all elected offices you are eligible... by jimterrapin on Thursday January 26, 2017 @10:26PM (#13497451)
Yes to all of this. There are algorithms to be applied, we just need more/better data to fine tune them. Of course, it's politics, so it's more art than science, but there is a lot to be uncovered with patterns. Great thought.
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Re:Run for Office: Find all elected offices you are eligible... by EternalData on Friday January 27, 2017 @02:37PM (#13501995)
Yeah, I guess it starts by getting more people to run, regardless of their chances :)
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