- Ideologically extreme candidates suffer electorally, largely because they decrease their party’s share of turnout in the general election, skewing the electorate towards their opponent’s party. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/who-punishes-extremist-nominees-candidate-ideology-and-turning-out-the-base-in-us-elections/366a518712be9bcc1cb035bf53095d65 8 comments science
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- Republicans get fewer votes, but they're about to lock down the Supreme Court - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/minority-party-electoral-college-court-trump/2020/09/25/1163b954-fdfc-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html 1931 comments
- Running Sanders Against Trump Would Be an Act of Insanity http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/bernie-sanders-electable-trump-2020-nomination-popular-socialism.html 269 comments
- Did Kamala Harris lose because of turnout or swing voters? Wrong question. | Vox https://www.vox.com/politics/387155/kamala-harris-2024-election-democratic-turnout-swing-voters 43 comments
- What’s more important in elections: swing voters or the base? - Vox https://www.vox.com/2019/9/11/20856802/swing-voters-base-democrats-trump-2020-election 12 comments