Matthew Yglesias

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An analysis from the historical low point of partisan polarization may not apply today. — PolitiTweet.org

in 1956, W.E.B. DuBois refused to even register to vote arguing that "democracy has so far disappeared in the Unite… https://t.co/oLs22vNyIX

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Number two which is by far the most consequential aspect of the pick is one that historically gets ignored, sometimes with really bad consequences (Andrew Johnson becomes president) or at least mildly perverse ones (Obama picks Biden because he'll be too old to run). — PolitiTweet.org

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The 1956 election in particular was an odd one because by then the most forceful advocates for civil rights were Democrats, but electing a Democratic senate majority ensured committees would be controlled by ferocious segregationists from the south. — PolitiTweet.org

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