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David Weigel @daveweigel

It's not a huge problem but it's one you don't have as much in parliamentary systems where parties select candidates. The doomed races often go to party loyalists who may run for something more competitive in a different cycle. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 18, 2022

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This is the end stage of party decline - nobody wants the nomination so it goes to a kook who realizes that even a doomed candidate can get attention. Some crazy examples of this w Dems in deep south. https://t.co/SGne42RyFb https://t.co/AXYRTiZznx — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats nominated a QAnon lunatic in #AR04 who spent the entire debate last night spouting conspiracy theories. S… https://t.co/qq0Zp19OeX

Posted Oct. 18, 2022

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But in a pure primary system, sometimes people show up in a seat that's safe for the other party, don't know any of the names on the ballot, and accidentally nominate people they would slowly back away from if they heard them talking at the DMV. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 18, 2022