@asadotzler @davidbaron Seems to me, they only matter insofar as they give you a feel for what the party apparatchiks manage to agree on.
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Replying to @really_bz
@bz_moz @asadotzler I think they matter in terms of what the winners can claim a mandate to do. Maybe less important in post-truth politics.

Sep 5, 2012 · 5:55 PM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron
@davidbaron @asadotzler "Post-truth politics" indeed... I haven't heard any sane claims about mandates recently, but you might be right.