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How can we win today? An idea. [1]
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Date: 2025-06-23
Two political science professors make the case that since the 90s the world has changed so that it’s no longer about policies that work well in focus groups.
The key quote is
to stop fixating on finding policies or phrases that perfectly appeal to centrist voters and instead try to harness the forces actually driving politics today: attention-grabbing politicians, social and partisan media, an antiestablishment mood, passionate activists, and voters who hate both parties.
The full article, gift link, is at wapo.st/…
I am not sure what I think. I agree with their point that without a shared media environment nobody can succeed at calling themselves centrist. I am repelled by the idea of not talking about policy. It’s a major omission to leave out the point Josh Weil made in a recent diary, that people vote their immediate interests.
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