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    1. Michael Seibel‏ @mwseibel 19 Dec 2018

      More and more often I see the left and the far left fighting against each other. This is a huge win for the right...

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    2. Rajat Suri‏ @rajatsuri 19 Dec 2018
      Replying to @mwseibel

      Doubtful. I don’t think there is a large enough leftish coalition to win elections. Democrat leaders like Obama and Clinton tended to need a few points of independent centrist voters and even moderate right wingers to win elections

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. Michael Seibel‏ @mwseibel 19 Dec 2018
      Replying to @rajatsuri

      I don’t understand your point. You mean the left fighting amongst itself is bad for the right?

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    4. Rajat Suri‏ @rajatsuri 19 Dec 2018
      Replying to @mwseibel

      No I mean the left should focus on grabbing voters from the larger pool of voters in the center than the smaller pool on the far left . America is a center-right country. Trying to appease the far left will not be a winning strategy

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    5. Michael Seibel‏ @mwseibel 19 Dec 2018
      Replying to @rajatsuri

      I’d argue that America is actually center left but the left just cannot get organized. I wonder what is causing you to believe we are center right?

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    6. Rajat Suri‏ @rajatsuri 19 Dec 2018
      Replying to @mwseibel

      Look at our Presidents for the past 50 years. What percentage won elections campaigning from the left ? How many built their coalitions out of left and far left?

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    7. Michael Seibel‏ @mwseibel 19 Dec 2018
      Replying to @rajatsuri

      I would argue this is a result of the left being miss organized. If you look at opinion polls on many of the tent pole issues that democrats support - they have the majority of the population most of the time.

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    8. Rajat Suri‏ @rajatsuri 19 Dec 2018
      Replying to @mwseibel

      If popular vote was the way elections were held, the median President might be Bill Clinton vs say Richard Nixon or HW Bush. Would dramatically change the data

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 20 Dec 2018
      Replying to @rajatsuri @mwseibel

      Using the popular vote to decide wouldn't mean that candidates who've won the popular but not the electoral vote in the past would have won. If the popular vote won elections, that would be what candidates campaigned for.

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        2. Michael Seibel‏ @mwseibel 20 Dec 2018
          Replying to @paulg @rajatsuri

          I don’t think this is obvious to most people on the left but I think it’s 100% correct. Campaigns play by the rules they are provided. When everyone is playing by the same rules and you lose you can’t complain that the rules should have been different.

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        3. Andy‏ @Andys_Brain 20 Dec 2018
          Replying to @mwseibel @paulg @rajatsuri

          Reminds me of the trend last month where people on the left were complaining about less populated states getting two Senators (same as more populated states). Like y’all really don’t know the rules/concepts of why there’s Senators and Representatives???

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