1. One thing we haven't seen in election post-mortems is an acknowledgement that saying and doing the right thing can cost you votes, but is still the right thing to do. I think that's particularly true of Biden's handling of climate and covid.
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4. Also on Covid, and perhaps more debatable, the Biden campaign's decision not to do door-to-door canvassing. It clearly cost them. Arguably they went too far but it was consistent with the larger (and correct) message of prioritizing fighting Covid.
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5. Arguably the Covid message could have been modified by emphasizing that further sacrifices would be compensated by stimulus (and Dems, unlike Trump, were unwilling to take credit for popular UI top up).
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This is a fundamental problem for politics when the morally, policy wise right thing hurts politically. threading that needle is near impossible. especially if other structures favor the other party who emphasizes what's politically advantageous as you point out.
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I’ve been wondering recently how much the Congressional GOP’s support for TARP, etc, in late 2008 contributed to Obama’s success. It was a major victory, so probably not decisive, but still.
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Being honest w/the American People during an election cycle rarely wins elections. If you believe politics is a progressive force, you must win elections before you can deliver progress. Elections are shaped by narratives. Candidates w/better stories tend to win more elections.
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This seems most likely false. "Things are going bad - vote for change" is a better message than "things are pretty okay - vote for change", especially when the public agrees things are bad and are upset the government isn't taking the problem seriously enough.
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