Here is a fun diagram.
I took 2k responses to our polling on the Dem primary with YouGov and told my computer to place candidates in a 2-dimensional space depending on how likely they are to share voters.
It spit this out. Note Gabbard/Steyer's extremity, Warren's centrality.
I took 2k responses to our polling on the Dem primary with YouGov and told my computer to place candidates in a 2-dimensional space depending on how likely they are to share voters.
It spit this out. Note Gabbard/Steyer's extremity, Warren's centrality.
Another way of visualizing this pattern that's less mind-bending:
