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Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Similar result from an earlier study of Swedish politicians which found they are smarter than the average person and this holds when controlling for parental socioeconomic status. Would be interesting to see this looked at for more countries. https://t.co/fnnmwbpLel — PolitiTweet.org

Stefan Schubert @StefanFSchubert

In contrast to prejudices about politicians, this Finnidh study find that politicians have greater verbal and arith… https://t.co/d5uUzAMEJ4

Posted July 20, 2022 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It was smart of Democrats to put a moderate, super-popular bill on the floor that got a bunch of GOP votes while exposing the extremism of the majority of the party. More legislation like this. https://t.co/uhjYcvgFFp — PolitiTweet.org

Rep. Peter Meijer @RepMeijer

It says that any marriage between two individuals (regardless of sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin) that is… https://t.co/RF7ujsVB7z

Posted July 20, 2022 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Of course in contrast to Nordic empirical findings suggesting that politicians are smart and competent, Italian economists have a theoretical model saying politicians should be below average in competence & honesty. https://t.co/EpnorFSbBJ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 20, 2022 Hibernated