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I haven't seen very many pundits endorse the idea that white men are more electable. (And there isn't really much/any evidence that they are, FWIW). The problem is that Democratic *voters* seem to think white men are more electable: https://t.co/1P9qmisrR7 — PolitiTweet.org

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@KamalaHarris .@Bakari_Sellers on the media narrative @KamalaHarris is challenging: "This 'electability' argument… https://t.co/VT9JfMtgZw

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By the way, this is *exactly* one of the reasons that polling is valuable. It serves as a reality check against the implicit biases of journalists and the (largely coastal, white, well-educated, liberal) social circles they inhabit. — PolitiTweet.org

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@joshtpm My hunch is that voters' perceptions about electability will gradually grow more sophisticated over the course of the primary and evolve beyond white man = electable, which is a reason to be bullish on Harris and bearish on the straight white guys. But that's just a theory/hunch. — PolitiTweet.org

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