Here's the Dem vote margin for the 24 vulnerable Democratic House candidates compared to their GovTrack ideology score.
There's of course a million caveats here, but, in the aggregate: the more conservative their record in Congress, the worse they fared at the polls.
There's of course a million caveats here, but, in the aggregate: the more conservative their record in Congress, the worse they fared at the polls.
Yup. Six sponsors of Medicare-for-All won re-election in swing districts. SD, MT, and MS legalized marijuana. Florida raised its minimum wage. There are no majority-centrist districts; the districts are polarized, and the independents aren't centrists.
https://twitter.com/pblest/status/1324789944607514625
A thread with more receipts about how centrists did versus progressives in swing districts. Fact is, there are very few districts in which it makes electoral sense to please newspaper columnists and cable news hosts. Stand for something, fight for people.
https://twitter.com/aidan_smx/status/1324465958832889856
In 2018, Dems flipped 41 House seats.
13 of those new members leaned so hard to the right they won awards from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (highlighted).
6 of them just lost. One's too close to call (UT4). Another is Spanberger; she blames the left & BLM for her tough race.🤔
13 of those new members leaned so hard to the right they won awards from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (highlighted).
6 of them just lost. One's too close to call (UT4). Another is Spanberger; she blames the left & BLM for her tough race.🤔
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