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Politicians are highly numerate. They just lie about their incentives so the appear innumerate when misjudged.
by Evbn 14y ago
Politicians are highly numerate. They just lie about their incentives so the appear innumerate when misjudged.
- rhizome 14y agoPlaying to the lowest common denominator. Any politician who says they don't read the news or polls is lying.
- jivatmanx 14y agoOnly politicians in the vanishingly small percentage of districts that are actually competitive.
- ryanwaggoner 14y agoMany of those districts are still competitive, just at the primary level instead of the general election.
- jivatmanx 14y agoPrimary elections are only competitive when there isn't an incumbent. And even then rarely, because there is a candidate that the party favors.