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Institutions only perform as well as they have to. For the NY democratic party (or any other party in a similarly lopsided state) the bar is not exactly high d

Institutions only perform as well as they have to. For the NY democratic party (or any other party in a similarly lopsided state) the bar is not exactly high due to the makeup of the state. Parties in states where the elections are routinely more contested tend to spend more effort vetting their candidates and running candidates that aren't trash.

triceratops 4y ago
That makes sense in theory...but the trash candidate here was a Republican, in a Democratic-majority state. It would be logical for Democrats to be complacent about candidate quality in this situtation. Republicans should be trying to run high-quality candidates because they're the underdog and need to work harder to win.