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    Election 2015: Low Voter Turnout and Conservative Victories

    Conservatives won some big victories in yesterday’s elections, upsetting the Democratic candidate in Kentucky who was leading in some polls, and defeating marijuana legalization in Ohio and an Equal Rights Ordinance in Houston. In almost all cases the turnout was very low. Reid Wilson is chief political correspondent for the Morning Consult .

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    By Warren Olney • Nov 4, 2015 • 6m Listen

    Conservatives won some big victories in yesterday’s elections, upsetting the Democratic candidate in Kentucky who was leading in some polls, and defeating marijuana legalization in Ohio and an Equal Rights Ordinance in Houston. In almost all cases the turnout was very low. Reid Wilson is chief political correspondent for the Morning Consult.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Reid Wilson

      The Hill

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Did Exxon Cover Up Climate Change?
    1. 1:48Election 2015: Low Voter Turnout and Conservative VictoriesYou’re reading this
    2. 8:38Did Exxon Deceive the World about Global Warming?
    3. 43:30Taiwan's President Meets China's President for the First Time Ever
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