Brendan Nyhan

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13 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read

What about the other 12%?

https://twitter.com/YouTubeInsider/status/1326967696567586816

https://twitter.com/daveyalba/status/1326983573195403264?s=20

https://twitter.com/mhbergen/status/1326934206866321408?s=20

And most importantly, 88% of top *search* results doesn't necessarily tell you about the distribution of views

https://twitter.com/WillOremus/status/1326982035802558467

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Brendan Nyhan

16 Nov

The threat to the peaceful transfer of power grows. Simultaneously sinister and laughable.

Normal stuff.

https://twitter.com/bensilverstein/status/1328170581515259905?s=20

Nothing says the "American People's ALL-TIME favorite president" like losing the White House after your party's had it for a single term

Brendan Nyhan

10 Nov

As always with questions of Trump and democracy, we're bogging down in a false binary.

"Coup" language is too simplistic to describe violating the norm of accepting the results of an election you have lost. Democratic erosion can result without a "coup."

https://twitter.com/jimgolby/status/1325993265301164034?s=20

We've back in the same loop:

1. Trump violates key democratic norms
2. People get worried
3. Some go too far and say dictator, coup, etc.
4. Other people point to #3 and say everything is fine b/c he's not a dictator, it's not a coup, etc.

In reality, democracy is not binary!

Democracy exists on a continuum; it is not binary. Democratic erosion can take place even if we ultimately have a peaceful transfer of power. It doesn't require dictators or coups. This more subtle form of erosion is now more common - and a greater threat to our system of govt.

Brendan Nyhan

10 Nov

And they're willing to damage public trust in elections to do it

Playing with fire

https://twitter.com/FrancesSSellers/status/1325974382687244294

Incredibly cynical. Playing with fire.

https://twitter.com/amyegardner/status/1325983241447346176

Brendan Nyhan

7 Nov

I would read a 10,000 word article just on how this location was selected for Rudy's press conference.

https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1325132671140327427

Is this really what happened? Our timeline is dumb, but is it THAT dumb?

https://twitter.com/SlexAxton/status/1325141204418191361?s=20

A future historical landmark for the final days of Trump tour

Brendan Nyhan

4 Nov

Agree. How Fox plays Trump's claims is critically important to how the GOP base perceives the race.

https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1323971038649159680

https://twitter.com/conor64/status/1323972043222605829?s=20

To their credit

https://twitter.com/dbryanjones/status/1323972399461793794?s=20

Brendan Nyhan

4 Nov

Betting market flips* betfair.com/exchange/plus/…

*can swing wildly and have lots of dumb $ but still...

https://twitter.com/BetfairExchange/status/1323811690631303170

Betfair has swung to 70+% Trump betfair.com/exchange/plus/…

and swings back wildly as Fox calls AZ for Biden

https://twitter.com/thomasjwood/status/1323845463641128961?s=20

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