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Wed Jul 31 04:15:41 +0000 2019

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

By contrast, the assumption that white men are more electable does not have that sort of empirical backing, in my reasonably well-informed opinion. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 31, 2019 Hibernated

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

"Moderates = more electable, other things held equal" is backed up by a lot of political science research. It's not settled science, maybe things have changed, but there's a lot of empirical & theoretical evidence for it, more so than for most assumptions the news media makes. — PolitiTweet.org

James Poniewozik @poniewozik

I think if your politics coverage takes as a given that moderate=more electable, you need to at least provide some… https://t.co/0xVBog3D2Z

Posted July 31, 2019 Hibernated

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

I spent my first 30 years in Michigan and Chicago. Detroit and Minneapolis are sure as effin' hell in the Midwest, every bit as much as all those small towns with all those white people that the NYT keeps sending its reporters to for all those dumb-ass stories about Trump voters. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 31, 2019 Hibernated

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