Dave Wasserman

Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

RT @JakeSherman: there are some real-life impacts to @justinamash leaving the GOP. — he’ll probably be kicked out of the House Republican… — PolitiTweet.org

Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

This. If you’re a DC journalist complaining about gate 35X, you better be headed to/coming back from a godforsaken place where you’ll legit be reporting on people’s actual, non-first-world problems. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ForecasterEnten It’s sort of breathtaking this is my first time for lunch here... https://t.co/0gC5RAs420 — PolitiTweet.org

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For the most part, yes — PolitiTweet.org

Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

@paddyfoundy Just like only being elected in ‘04 was such as huge liability for Obama in ‘08... — PolitiTweet.org

Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

There are many Dems (esp. women) who would have far less serious general election liabilities. Many of them were just elected in ‘18. — PolitiTweet.org

Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

Well said. https://t.co/mknyuAKSXt — PolitiTweet.org

Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

Wonder where Biden stood on this? https://t.co/tiN3wtl3HZ — PolitiTweet.org

Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

The correct lesson from 2016: the former helped Clinton win the popular vote by 2.9 million. But the latter cost her the Electoral College. — PolitiTweet.org

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*don’t want to hear — PolitiTweet.org

Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

Btw (and this is something most Dems want to hear): Biden, Warren & Harris would *all* have very serious liabilities in a general election. — PolitiTweet.org

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The 2020 Dem nominee vs. Trump will be a: — PolitiTweet.org

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Another hint from 2018: Dem women pretty consistently overperformed their polls in House/other primaries. Which explains why if you asked me today whether the Dem nominee will be a woman or a man, it’s actually a pretty close call. — PolitiTweet.org

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What 2018 primaries told us: Dem primary voters believe the best way to send a message to Trump is to send a woman. Looks like that was a good reason to be skeptical of March/April polls showing 5-6 dudes combining for ~64% of the 2020 primary vote. — PolitiTweet.org

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“But the presidency is different!” we hear. Which is also what pundits said in ~2015 to rationalize why voters would elect flame-throwing R outsiders to Congress but never Donald Trump to the White House. It turns out voters usually keep wanting what they want. — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s no accident Hillary Clinton failed to connect but Dem women running as political outsiders absolutely crushed it in House & other 2018 races - including in tons of states/districts Clinton lost. — PolitiTweet.org

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Dems at risk of learning absolute wrong lesson from 2016. The prospect of being the first female president is a general election *asset.* The worst *liability* you can have: an image as a political insider/elite. https://t.co/4WmchpF0nx — PolitiTweet.org

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Although the risks of an undercount resulting from a Trump "chilling effect" are still real, this is a huge win for Dems & minority advocacy groups. — PolitiTweet.org

Dave Wasserman @Redistrict

RT @rickhasen: #ELB: Breaking News: Government Caves, Will Print Census Form without the Citizenship Question https://t.co/SWxaLHa1ao Never… — PolitiTweet.org

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If Harris can sustain her upward movement w/ African-American Dems over the next few months, it would def be the most important development in the race so far. — PolitiTweet.org

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If you believe your vote should count equally to everyone else's, you're better off in a system w/ proportional representation than single-member districts (just a plain observation; not trying to advance a case either way). — PolitiTweet.org

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Sure, this is more about over-concentration of the Dem vote than gentrification per se, but migration of liberal white college grads to urban centers (been to Durham or Columbus lately?) has unquestionably exacerbated blue vote wasting. — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, what gentrification looks like - i.e., Dem voters increasingly clustering in cities like Madison/Ann Arbor/Durham/Columbus, making it much easier for GOP mapmakers to jam-pack blue voters in a few districts to waste their votes. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Nate_Cohn: Something has been bothering me in polling lately: it's really, really hard to tell whether an online poll is great or junk.… — PolitiTweet.org

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Two big recruitment "gets" for House Dems in the last few days: Air Force veteran Nikki Foster in #OH01 (a rare district where the Dem nominee fell apart in '18) & PA Auditor Eugene DePasquale in #PA10, who carried the Harrisburg/York district in his past statewide race. — PolitiTweet.org

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And by 1) electability, more like "can this person take on Trump on a debate stage?" — PolitiTweet.org

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Things that matter more to Dem voters' primary choice than ideology (left vs. center) or where cands stand on specific issues, in my view: 1) electability vs. Trump 2) authenticity 3) empathy 4) credibility as a change agent — PolitiTweet.org

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Interesting analysis on the history of Congress's power to regulate the election of its members as it pertains to the current gerrymandering debate, by @jamessaxon https://t.co/rveifFz7zd — PolitiTweet.org

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Congrats to @UChiPolitics & the new fellows. You’ll love these students. — PolitiTweet.org

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+1 — PolitiTweet.org