Wow, so many articles explaining 1-2% differences—meaningless at this stage except the media narratives spun on them. Victim: policy talk.
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I know "horse-race" coverage makes for better narrative writing but it's particularly pernicious when there is just about one para to write.
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If we can get past meaningless 1-2% differences, theme of this election is the major, global fractures causing great anxiety. Yuuuge story.
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Our politics would be much better if media could resist temptation to write horse race pieces on 1-2% difference, focus on policy/politics.
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Here's the real Iowa story in 2-3 tweets: Most important: Huge turnout. Big viewership for debates. People desperately trying to engage.+
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On both sides, large swaths of the electorate trying hard to see if politics that has mostly benefited small slivers of elite can change.+
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On both sides, candidates that broke with party elites/orthodoxy are showing big appeal. Other than that, results of tiny white state. Next.
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