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Jason's avatar

I just reread your ‘what if Trump wins’ scenario and hope that it comes to pass with a lean towards the benign. I anticipate a bunch of American Orbán-type operatives to try to take advantage of the situation to rejig the game for future elections (by influencing the media, courts and electoral mechanisms. It will be interesting to see how vigorous the democratic immune system responds.

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Jessica Weinkle's avatar

What weight do you give to the idea that voters in the primaries tend to be more extreme which is why we end up with candidates that embrace more extreme positions? Harris is unique in this regard because she was able to avoid the primaries.

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