Discovered a new flavor of special pleading today, which is that Iowa caucus turnout was low because Biden's supporters stayed home, but Bernie had record turnout like he promised. This is why only predictions can test turnout theories—people are endlessly inventive ex post facto
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Is it special pleading if people who generally *do* vote stayed home and the theory was that the candidate making the claim says that they will mobilize those who *don't* generally vote? A response of sorts: https://twitter.com/clairesandberg/status/1225902208232906752 …
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Before the caucuses, Bernie was very clear: "if there is record turnout in the caucuses, we win, if turnout is low, we lose." His theory of victory has been that he will grow the ranks of Democratic voters, not replace them with first-time voters while keeping turnout low.
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