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Ballot Measures Mostly Draw Scowls From Voters

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In this off-year election, voters across the country defeated a range of ballot initiatives — lashing out at ideologically driven arguments and rejecting tax cuts in favor of putting money into infrastructure and education. ... 'The issue agenda has shifted from the '90s and early 2000s, when the focus was on lower taxes and limiting government,' he said. 'Now we are spending most of our time figuring out how to meet essential services.' Because of this, 'voters are being less ideologically driven —there is less real hostility to government,' he said. 'At the moment, I think voters are in a pragmatic middle ground.'

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