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Have ranked choice voting instead of first pass (winner take all) and interesting idea on House representation as well for proportional representation. Would take thohttps://www.vox.com/2020/1/23/21075960/polarization-parties-ranked-choice-voting-proportional-representation
he thinks it's a waste of time and money for high profile elections (persuasion or gotv, either way).
The tweet is gone so I don't know who he is but I do agree with thisQuote from: sys on November 21, 2020, 08:31:55 PMhe thinks it's a waste of time and money for high profile elections (persuasion or gotv, either way).
pointing out the asymmetry that republican politicos tend to be more moderate than their base voters while dem politicos tend to be more extreme than their base voters
fwiw from what I understand almost all of his opinions/conclusions are underpinned by research, polling and analysis (could probably question how he synthesizes different things to come to an opinion). For the most part I don't see citations tho in articles, he def shares some on twitter.
i think he says the median voter, not the average voter.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_voter_theorem
he must have misspoke. i've heard/read him say it enough times i can pretty much repeat it from memory - the median voter is a 50 year-old, white, non-college male that watches 5 hours of tv/day.
Quote from: memphis on November 12, 2020, 10:23:01 PMShor is getting around more these days or do I just recognize him now?Quote Ultimately, in this hyperpolarized world, what national media outlets choose to talk about is going to be much more important in determining whether [Democratic Congressman] Collin Peterson survives in Minnesota’s 7th district than anything he does. That’s just the reality. [This month, Peterson lost his bid for reelection.] https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/12/2020-election-analysis-democrats-future-david-shor-interview-436334but yeah interesting article though. I got to this and was like "WHAT?!?"QuoteThe average voter in a general election is something like 50 years old — in a midterm or primary, it’s higher. They don’t have a college degree. They watch about six hours of TV a day — that’s the average; there are people who watch more. something about that seems offother thoughts-crazy he can point to ONE MISTAKE costing the 2016 election-The white college educated shift to dems is an interesting one, especially the idea that they're sort of shoving out minorities-he's got a huge boner for non-college whites. I don't know how his numbers work out but should Dems maybe focus on minorities that are shifting away before being racist-friendly? dunno-he was less like a robot but still kinda roboty
Shor is getting around more these days or do I just recognize him now?Quote Ultimately, in this hyperpolarized world, what national media outlets choose to talk about is going to be much more important in determining whether [Democratic Congressman] Collin Peterson survives in Minnesota’s 7th district than anything he does. That’s just the reality. [This month, Peterson lost his bid for reelection.] https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/12/2020-election-analysis-democrats-future-david-shor-interview-436334
Ultimately, in this hyperpolarized world, what national media outlets choose to talk about is going to be much more important in determining whether [Democratic Congressman] Collin Peterson survives in Minnesota’s 7th district than anything he does. That’s just the reality. [This month, Peterson lost his bid for reelection.]
The average voter in a general election is something like 50 years old — in a midterm or primary, it’s higher. They don’t have a college degree. They watch about six hours of TV a day — that’s the average; there are people who watch more.
i guess i couldn't quite recite it from memory.
I listened to the rest
Should probs Shor up this thread with a Hughes video interview (I think this is dated)