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highplainsdem

(60,791 posts) Tue Nov 12, 2019, 12:34 PM Nov 2019

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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:

Link to tweet

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.

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Nate Silver on media coverage of IA and NH giving white voters disproportionate influence (Original Post) highplainsdem Nov 2019 OP

Gee Nate,yah think so!! Wellstone ruled Nov 2019 #1

Iowa and New Hampshire are 90+ white voters Gothmog Nov 2019 #2

Thank you for Nate, hpd! Cha Nov 2019 #3

Nate has some other observations on this issue Gothmog Nov 2019 #4

Here are Joe Biden's comments on this Gothmog Nov 2019 #5

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

1. Gee Nate,yah think so!!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2019, 01:40 PM

Nov 2019

Sometimes I think this guy is so far out to lunch he will never find his way back.

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Gothmog

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2. Iowa and New Hampshire are 90+ white voters

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2019, 02:03 PM

Nov 2019

These states do not reflect the demographics of the Democratic Party

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Cha

(317,702 posts)

3. Thank you for Nate, hpd!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2019, 03:40 PM

Nov 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Gothmog

(176,683 posts)

4. Nate has some other observations on this issue

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2019, 05:42 PM

Nov 2019

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Gothmog

(176,683 posts)

5. Here are Joe Biden's comments on this

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2019, 07:11 PM

Nov 2019

Link to tweet

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

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