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Adam Jentleson
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Important study that helps explain the power of the groups. Tl;dr is that primary voters treat groups as intermediaries and vote based on endorsements even if they don't align with the groups' views on all issues. Meanwhile general elex voters vote based on issue positions... 1/
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David Broockman
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🚨NEW PAPER: Why are Members of Congress so extreme? We conducted a 4-wave panel of thousands of voters in 27 districts during last year’s primary AND general elections to trace polarization’s roots The results challenge conventional wisdom… and suggest lessons for parties🧵👇
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Adam Jentleson
@AJentleson
Candidates adopt the groups' extreme positions to win their endorsements in the primary, which remains an effective way of winning primaries. But then in the general election, they get punished for the crazy positions they adopted in order to win those endorsements. Bad dynamic!
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JD
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“We just need to move even further right.” -Neoliberals after every single election, win or lose, and despite the fact that the Biden presidency and Harris campaign were the apotheosis of neoliberalism.
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Eric
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You claimed Democrats need to abandon universal healthcare and move right economically by being more pro-deregulations in order to win again lol. You might want to sit down.
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