The Democratic strategy of backing poor quality candidates, while not popular, was effective.

…andidates win, which occasioned lots of lamentations from centrist pundits. But in almost all cases, the way the Democrats helped these candidates was by showcasing their extremism and their MAGA credentials (or, alternatively, their opponents’ opposition to Trump), which actually made these candidates more appealing to GOP primary voters. And, in any case, almost all of these candidates won their nominations by substantial margins — Mast…
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Libby Winkler
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Nov 15, 2022
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The Democratic strategy of backing poor quality candidates, while not popular, was effective. Fortunately, the extremist election-denying candidates did not stand up to bipartisan, public scrutiny and our democracy held. This time.
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Freelance writer who loves exploring the messiness of humanity, while poking around in nooks of life and shining light on all the things that make us complex..
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