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It would be relieving to see this effort fail. The popularity of platforms should be based on the merit of the ideas, not money spent.
by JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
It would be relieving to see this effort fail. The popularity of platforms should be based on the merit of the ideas, not money spent.
- irq11 7y agoOr maybe people like Bloomberg because of his policies and positions, and concluding that it’s simply because of money is a logical fallacy.
- JMTQp8lwXL 7y agoThat doesn't mirror how primary voters actually rank candidates. Polling shows that many voter's first preference and second preference are often ideologically different -- you might have a primary voter who's 1st pick is a centrist democrat, and 2nd pick is socialist democrat, and vice versa.
- irq11 7y agoSo? That simply means that voters like inconsistent things. Or that your labels aren’t sufficient to capture their preferences.