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Nate Silver on media coverage of IA and NH giving white voters disproportionate influence
Two-tweet thread from Nate this morning, starting here, full text below:
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Based on searches at http://NewsLibrary.com , in election cycles from 2008-2016, Iowa and New Hampshire got about 6x more media coverage than Nevada and South Carolina.
(FWIW, if you break them down individually, IA gets about 2.5 more than NH, and SC about 2.5 more than NV.)
In case the implication isn't clear: media coverage, which treats IA and NH as vastly more important than NV and SC, essentially gives white voters disproportionate influence over the primary. Having NV/SC go *before* IA/NH might balance things out a bit better.
(FWIW, if you break them down individually, IA gets about 2.5 more than NH, and SC about 2.5 more than NV.)
In case the implication isn't clear: media coverage, which treats IA and NH as vastly more important than NV and SC, essentially gives white voters disproportionate influence over the primary. Having NV/SC go *before* IA/NH might balance things out a bit better.
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Nate Silver on media coverage of IA and NH giving white voters disproportionate influence (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Nov 2019
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. Gee Nate,yah think so!!
Sometimes I think this guy is so far out to lunch he will never find his way back.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,150 posts)2. Iowa and New Hampshire are 90+ white voters
These states do not reflect the demographics of the Democratic Party
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,160 posts)3. Thank you for Nate, hpd!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,150 posts)4. Nate has some other observations on this issue
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,150 posts)5. Here are Joe Biden's comments on this
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden