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    1. Benjy Sarlin‏Verified account @BenjySarlin 18 Dec 2020

      This makes total sense. If you’re in the Trump camp, the loss didn’t happen. Everyone else in GOP assumes it’s too Trump-specific to bother and is psyched that the party overperformed downballot. Not sure why they’d need an autopsy.https://politi.co/3mx6IM6 

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    2. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 18 Dec 2020
      Replying to @BenjySarlin

      I just don't think you need to go down that far though. 2012 surprised Rs in a negative way (lost House/Senate seats in what looked like a good environment), 2020 in a positive way. And frankly a lot of party leaders were fine with Trump losing (as opposed to rank-and-file).

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    3. Benjy Sarlin‏Verified account @BenjySarlin 18 Dec 2020
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      Yep. The latter part is also what the people who’d actually conduct an autopsy think but can’t say, which is “lol of course he lost, come on”https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/1339921509452828672 …

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      The reason the 2012 loss was so destabilizing is the GOP thought they “should” have won given that the economy was still weak and they nominated a credible vanilla R who was party elites’ preferred pick. Autopsy made a lot of sense. But Trump is Trump, what more is there to say?
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    4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 18 Dec 2020
      Replying to @BenjySarlin @SeanTrende

      Map/demos of 2012 also more unsettling. Romney won nearly every voting bloc that had been considered a 'swing' vote the prior 25 years. 2013 was all 'permanent majority' stuff from Ds. By contrast, GOP made demographic inroads in 2020, can win in 2024 w/just suburbs in GA+AZ+WI.

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    5. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 18 Dec 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @BenjySarlin

      Yeah, the story of how the GOP wins in 2024 seems a lot more straightforward right now than the story of how it would be able to win in 2016 seemed in 2012.

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    6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 18 Dec 2020
      Replying to @SeanTrende @BenjySarlin

      Of course, an 'autopsy' mood might be much more common if Democrats win both Senate seats on Jan 5.

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    7. Benjy Sarlin‏Verified account @BenjySarlin 18 Dec 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @SeanTrende

      I think that's the exception that proves the rule, though, which is that race will be impossible to separate from Trump's post-election behavior either way now. Could see it generating backlash against Trump, but not autopsy calls.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 18 Dec 2020
      Replying to @BenjySarlin @SeanTrende

      True, but (1) losing in GA upsets the "we survived Trump" mood & enflames the "GA is rigged" mood, while (2) winning in GA increases the "Biden's win in GA is a fluke" sense.

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