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The US is far more complex than that with some areas being significantly more Democratic or Republican. Also candidate also choses a point on the political lan
by onemoreact 15y ago
The US is far more complex than that with some areas being significantly more Democratic or Republican. Also candidate also choses a point on the political landscape and often needs to beat people within their own party before going after the general election. So there are plenty of Democrats that are far more conservative than elected republicans and vice versa.
This suggests that each race may have a seperate Nash equilibriam based on the canidates and the electrate.
- jacques_chester 15y ago> The US is far more complex than that with some areas being significantly more Democratic or Republican. Are there many "swing seats"/"marginals" in US politics, or does gerrymandering pretty much rule that out?
- onemoreact 15y agoFrom what I heard gerrymandering means ~2/3 of general elections are fairly uninteresting. But, you still see fairly wide swings in public sentiment leading to a fair amount of churn in public office. Also, in extreme cases people can treat the primary as if it was the general election.