#Turnout

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

I don’t think anyone is saying that the sporadic use of the word “Latinx” moves huge numbers of votes. It’s an *example* of how social justice concepts can end up

antirobust

antirobust

on a purely tactical level, epistocracy proponents should probably endorse turnout-boosting efforts like vote-by-mail or election day holidaysconsider (thread)https://twitter.com/antirobust/status/1244375817758445568 a big barrier to epistocracy is t

Aki Peritz

AkiPeritz

Wouldn’t it be sooo 2020 that A) The GOP went all-out in stopping mail-in ballots, even crippling the USPSB) End up turning off/disenfranchising millions of elderly GOP voters since that’s

Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌

RachelBitecofer

1. That's bc that "debate" performance from Trump was literally the worst thing ever seen in American politics- & that's after 5 yrs of seeing Donald Trump do his thing.He

Ross Barkan

RossBarkan

There's still no affirmative vision or argument from the Joe Biden campaign. It's a sleepier, limper version of Clinton 2016 and that's a very bad thing. Generally, I've believed that

Ryan James Girdusky

RyanGirdusky

Here's what happens if Trump loses the college educated white vote by 3 points but wins 2% more of the non-college educated white vote and they turn out at 60%

Ari Berman

AriBerman

Kentucky cutting number of polling places for Tuesday’s primary from 3700 to 200There will be one polling place for 616,000 registered voters in Louisville’s Jefferson County, where half state’s black

Caroline Tiger

carolinetiger

1/3 Mail-in ballots greatly increase voter turnout. That’s why voter suppression groups don’t want us to use them. They tried to dismantle the postal system, but we still applied for

Palmer Report

PalmerReport

I'm so sick of hearing about the Post Office, I could vomit.Trump can't magically win the election by magically getting rid of the Post Office.Far too many of you have

G. Elliott Morris

gelliottmorris

I see we're talking about how people interpret election forecasts and whether they influence turnout again today, so let me just offer a few thoughts. All of this being primarily

Jerry Taylor

jerry_jtaylor

The Democratic victory in Wisconsin tonight tells you something important. Even in a low turnout environment where COVID-19 scares hell out voters, Dem intensity trumps R intensity. The GOP is

Dr. Mia Brett

QueenMab87

The true swing voters and the general election case for @KamalaHarris. A thread /1 I have talked a lot about how middle class white women are the only swing voters

Dave Wasserman

Redistrict

A few days out, the picture of this race is pretty clear:1) Biden's lead (52%-43%) larger & more stable than Clinton's in '162) Far fewer undecided/third party voters than '163)

Jacob Payne

cattleprod

Me watching outsiders ignore Kentucky's already massive turnout on the mail-in & in-person absentee fronts. Also, @GovAndyBeshear is not the elections officer - that'd be @KYSecState. That doesn't mean there

Andy

__codexterous

THREAD:: Some thoughts about AIC. Was the play written to change the audience’s mind or change how they think about society? No. Here’s why... /1 I often find the typical

Ari Berman

AriBerman

Never forget how outrageous this is:Senate GOP blocked Merrick Garland 237 DAYS before election & said American people should choose next justice Now they’re confirming Amy Coney Barrett 8 DAYS