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This conclusion seems implausible. Can you give a specific example of a district where this effect was observed in a real election? i.e. where the Republicans
by jacobolus 10y ago
This conclusion seems implausible.
Can you give a specific example of a district where this effect was observed in a real election? i.e. where the Republicans would have won a seat because of a radical (of either party) winning a primary, but ended up losing the seat because of the “jungle primary”.
- euyyn 10y agoIrrespective of examples, which I don't know, what is incorrect in that reasoning? And why is the conclusion implausible?
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago> This conclusion seems implausible. It's plausible under the assumptions that Democrats tend to field a moderate candidate in their primary and Republicans don't. That seems pretty reasonable to say right now, but might be less true in a few years as die-hard progressives mount our own "Tea Party"-style insurgency within the Democratic Party.