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I was thinking about the odd position Sanders finds himself in, where many primary voters love him but a significant number truly HATE him, which means he could win the nom but with a deeply fractured, non-unified party moving into the general. Seems... suboptimal.
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This led me to ponder how a negative-voting primary might work -- ie, one in which, like a reality show, voters REJECTED candidates they dislike, instead of voting for ones they like. Choosing the least-disliked candidate isn't necc. a terrible idea in these pessimistic times.
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Which then made me wonder, what ARE the Dem candidates' disapproval ratings? It's interesting: Sanders has high unfavorables (second-highest in the Dem field among Dem voters), but Warren's unfavorables are even higher than his. Which: ? Just misogyny, or ?
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Of course, "unfavorable" doesn't measure FERVOR of unfavorability, though I think human nature bakes that in: folks don't usually diss someone, even to pollsters, without feeling at least somewhat strongly about it.
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That's all I got. Just a different way of thinking about choosing a nominee. Hoping deeper thoughts might emerge from someone smarter/better informed than me.
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P.S.: Favorable/unfavorable source: morningconsult.com/2020-democrati…
