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Electoral hostage-taking is fine when centrists do it

Electoral hostage-taking is fine when centrists do it

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Carl Beijer
Feb 05, 2020
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Dylan Matthews thinks that Pete Buttigieg is more electable than Bernie Sanders – or at least, that’s what his latest post in Vox argues. Why? In part, we learn, because “moderate nominees have a distinct advantage over ones perceived as more extreme”. To support this, Matthews points us to a post written by Matt Yglesias – who, in turn, points us to a …

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