extreme candidate loses vote share in the general election

[Fresh_Start]

A party that nominates an extreme candidate when it could have nominated a more moderate one may lose as much as seven points of vote share in the general election, according to Andrew Hall, a political scientist at Stanford University, and Daniel Thompson, a doctoral student there. Seven points would have been enough to swing dozens of House races in 2016 alone.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/upshot/unable-to-excite-the-base-moderate-candidates-still-tend-to-outdo-extreme-ones.html

[evertonfc]

1. A Democratic Socialist

is extreme. Moderates won in 18 an 19. Bernie supported a AZ gov candidate that lost by 20 and a moderate Senate candidate won by 2. Sanders is a disaster who's policies are as fantasy as Peter pan. We will be a coastal party