Lauren Pinkston's independent plan to flip Tennessee
Tennessee had the lowest voter turnout in America last cycle — 33% — and the establishment is fine with that. Lauren Pinkston isn't. The seventh-generation Tennessean, global development PhD, and independent candidate for governor lays out a no-BS path to 775,000 votes, an off-ramp for exhausted Trump voters, and why the rigged two-party system is the real spoiler.
Tennessee looks like a red wall on the map. Look closer. Roughly 48% of eligible voters there are unaffiliated — the highest share in the…
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→ Four things from today’s episodeWhy 48% of Tennessee voters are independent. and why the parties are the real spoilers
The 775,000-vote path to flipping the governor's mansion. The 775,000-vote path to flipping the governor's mansion
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60-70% of her incoming voters are Republicans looking for an. 60-70% of her incoming voters are Republicans looking for an off-ramp from Trump
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