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By Christie’s veto of SSM is classic example of why expanding SSM across the states isn’t going to be easy. In theory, the veto should be more politically poisonous in New Jersey than in most other states. But it’s likely that he’ll get re-elected anyway, and it’s not even clear if the veto can be overridden. SSM is just a much more marginal issue in voting than people think, and public opinion majorities aren’t going to produce results by themselves.