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@oddNihilist The current configuration of rural/urban partisanship means that Democrats have to win 6.6% more of the vote to get 51 votes in the Senate. A 60-vote filibuster means Democrats can only legislate once a decade, so yes this is a risk worth taking. fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-senates-rural-skew-makes-it-very-hard-for-democrats-to-win-the-supreme-court/