{"id":777,"date":"2010-02-03T14:26:32","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T19:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=777"},"modified":"2010-02-03T14:26:32","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T19:26:32","slug":"how-to-win-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=777","title":{"rendered":"How to win elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great quote in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/ny_local\/queens\/2010\/02\/02\/2010-02-02_special_election_may_get_cold_shoulder.html\" target=\"_blank\">a Daily News story<\/a> about next week&#8217;s special elections:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Fewer than 4,300 voters turned out for last year&#8217;s special election for the Assembly seat in western Queens&#8217; 38th District. Democrat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assembly.state.ny.us\/mem\/?ad=038\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Miller<\/a> won the race with just 2,423 votes.&#8221; <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This in Assembly districts which have ~125,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all about leverage and knowing when to use it<\/span> (like now) to turnout a small activist base in a critical election. \u00a0That is how we will take back our rights across the state. \u00a0Using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=764\">ratings sheet<\/a> and show up to vote on the 9th.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D777&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=777\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=777\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=777\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great quote in a Daily News story about next week&#8217;s special elections: &#8220;&#8230; Fewer than 4,300 voters turned out for last year&#8217;s special election for the Assembly seat in western Queens&#8217; 38th District. Democrat Mike Miller won the race with just 2,423 votes.&#8221; This in Assembly districts which have ~125,000 people. 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