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@davidfholt @CaseyCornett @GOVERNING this tweet just reached more people than email would. Social media is the new email for the masses.
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@davidfholt @GOVERNING I know. This is just frustrating trying to discuss in 140 characters. :)
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@CaseyCornett @GOVERNING ... If you combine first two age groups, you have a number somewhere between 7 and 12.
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@davidfholt @GOVERNING Also, how fair is it most politicians don't utilize social/digital for complaints when that is millennial #1 method?
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@davidfholt @GOVERNING (I agree with your sentiment, just pointing it out)
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@davidfholt @GOVERNING Nearly twice as many young as old. Yet twice as many old vs. young complain. Sounds like group total complaints equal
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