What Happened, 2024 Edition
Nov. 7th, 2024 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynling5 Theses on the 2024 Presidential Election
https://brettclt.medium.com/5-theses-on-the-2024-presidential-election-15c91fbcb153
I have said it before, and I will say it again: the median voter theorem is dead. Appealing to the mythical "center" of US politics is a highly inefficient route towards national electoral victory in the 21st century, something which the Republican party seems to have realized under Trump. If they want to reverse their fortunes, Democrats should spend less time trying to appeal to Republicans and more time trying to appeal to the people who actually vote for them — including both registered Democrats and many independents.
Oddly enough, I found a digest edition on Tumblr:
https://dostoyevsky-official.tumblr.com/post/766448953388613632/rather-than-losing-by-78000-votes-it-now-appears
Other people have said all of this elsewhere, but this is as good a version of the sanest and most "touch grass" explanation as any.
https://brettclt.medium.com/5-theses-on-the-2024-presidential-election-15c91fbcb153
I have said it before, and I will say it again: the median voter theorem is dead. Appealing to the mythical "center" of US politics is a highly inefficient route towards national electoral victory in the 21st century, something which the Republican party seems to have realized under Trump. If they want to reverse their fortunes, Democrats should spend less time trying to appeal to Republicans and more time trying to appeal to the people who actually vote for them — including both registered Democrats and many independents.
Oddly enough, I found a digest edition on Tumblr:
https://dostoyevsky-official.tumblr.com/post/766448953388613632/rather-than-losing-by-78000-votes-it-now-appears
Other people have said all of this elsewhere, but this is as good a version of the sanest and most "touch grass" explanation as any.
