How weather affects elections and voter turnout
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- Women's Health
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- Kansas City Star
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- Oilprice.com
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- Los Angeles Times Opinion
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- The Daily Beast
Chris Wallace Grills GOP Senator on National Debt: Should We Repeal Trump Tax Cuts?
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- Business Insider
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- The Daily Beast
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- The Daily Beast
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- USA TODAY
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- The Daily Beast
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- HuffPost
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- Reuters
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