A social experiment connected Democrats in California with Republicans in Texas. Here’s how it went

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Published 18 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST1 min read

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A payphone in liberal San Francisco was connected to a similar phone in deeply red Texas. Residents made hundreds of calls back and forth — and the results were surprising.

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