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    1. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 13 Nov 2020

      Excellent interview with @davidshor. "The nationalizing of elections means whenever any elected Democrat goes out and says something that’s unpopular, unless the rest of the party very forcefully pushes back every Democrat will face an electoral penalty."https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/david-shor-analysis-2020-election-autopsy-democrats-polls.html …

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Nov 2020
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @davidshor

      And yet the GOP ran QAnon candidates (some who won) without apparent penalty.

      13 replies 8 retweets 150 likes
    3. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 13 Nov 2020
      Replying to @HeerJeet @davidshor

      Can you name them? They're nobodies. The thing about the Dems is that their most high-profile figures are associated with more extreme positions.

      10 replies 0 retweets 21 likes
    4. Dan Davies‏ @dsquareddigest 13 Nov 2020
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @HeerJeet @davidshor

      There's a high profile Republican who often tweets some pretty extreme sounding things, can't remember the name. Big guy. Blond hair. Always hanging around with his daughter.

      1 reply 1 retweet 24 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Nov 2020
      Replying to @dsquareddigest @JamesSurowiecki @davidshor

      Yes, but Biden's whole message was that Trump was NOT a high profile Republican but an anomaly in the system and that once you get rid of Trump, GOP would return to normal. That's a message giving voters permission to split ballot. Which they did.

      3 replies 1 retweet 14 likes
    6. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 13 Nov 2020
      Replying to @HeerJeet @dsquareddigest @davidshor

      It's not just that. Impeachment and the obsession with Russia focused attention on Trump the person, and on his personal corruption, his personal flaws, etc. Even though the GOP supported him, he was separated more than ever from the party.

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Nov 2020
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @dsquareddigest @davidshor

      But this wasn't inevitable. It was helped by actual messaging decisions made by Democrats who wanted, in both 2016 and 2020, to separate Trump from GOP. With bad downballot results.

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    8. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 13 Nov 2020
      Replying to @HeerJeet @dsquareddigest @davidshor

      Sure. But given the election results, I don't see what your recommended strategy would have been. Downplay his personal failings, and paint him as a generic Republican? That seems more likely to have led to him being re-elected than to dragging down downballot GOP candidates.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    9. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 13 Nov 2020
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @HeerJeet and

      In terms of voters' self-described ideology, the big difference from 2016 was that many more moderates voted for Biden. Maybe tying Trump more tightly to the GOP would have made them vote against GOP senators. Might also have made Trump seem less personally awful.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Nov 2020
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @dsquareddigest @davidshor

      It could be that Biden's strategy was the only way to defeat Trump -- and that Trump is so bad that the cost of the strategy made it worth it. But we have to acknowledge it was a strategy with costs.

      11:31 AM - 13 Nov 2020
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        1. GoDogGo‏ @GoDogGo1 13 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki and

          Fair.

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