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> He was quashed in the debates in lieu of ratings What does this mean? I know what the words mean, but can't catch your meaning.
by robotresearcher 5y ago
> He was quashed in the debates in lieu of ratings
What does this mean? I know what the words mean, but can't catch your meaning.
- jw433 5y agoword soup
- mc32 5y agoI think poster thinks Andrew was not called upon often because other candidates had better draw (for their ratings). Back in the debates it was obvious the party had some favorites and some less than favorite candidates. Andrew was among the latter.
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- robotresearcher 5y agoOK that makes sense as the intent. 'In lieu' means 'instead', not 'because', so I think it was incorrect usage that confused me.
- bko 5y agoThere were a number of instances where national news broadcasters just left him out of polls or included his competitors with lower marks. For instance CNN had a poll for and showed 6 candidates results, the lowest being for Beto O'Rourke, with a result of 1%. But Yang scored 3% in the poll but was just left out because for whatever reason he wasn't seen as a serious candidate. https://nextshark.com/cnn-andrew-yang-graphic/ https://nextshark.com/cnn-andrew-yang-graphic/
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