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"Instead of milking

artappraiser — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:32:55 +0000

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"Instead of milking uncertainty in election coverage, journalists should educate themselves, and then the public, about how and why it can take a long time to tally votes and how vote totals can shift precipitously but with no chicanery involved." https://t.co/9lA3mLSZ4m pic.twitter.com/gybnPJCxha
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) March 3, 2020

on the horse race thing:

artappraiser — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 21:32:00 +0000

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on the distorting effects of the horse race thing:

Ya'll see why I quit full-time journalism and ran to academics? In political journalism, you don't need to be empirical. If you have a narrative, that's all that matters. You are punished more for dissent than inaccuracy. https://t.co/TalYdVkMcW
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) March 3, 2020

warning of worse case

artappraiser — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:18:40 +0000

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warning of worse case scenario of amount of patience required: A close primary contest in California may turn into a healthy Sanders win by April

Two weird dynamics — the late Biden surge and the slow count in California — may mean an initial assessment of the results in the state which later shifts substantially. https://t.co/qUe1zbqDVi
— Philip Bump (@pbump) March 3, 2020

@rickhasen It certainly is

artappraiser — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:15:47 +0000

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@rickhasen It certainly is less important than the loss of life, but the Nashville tornado is causing issues with voting there today: https://t.co/bsMSw51oER

I hope it all goes as smoothly as possible, and I hope other states learn lessons from it.
— Patrick Bryant (@pat_bryant) March 3, 2020

Xtreme Bernie bro pic:

artappraiser — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:11:42 +0000

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Xtreme Bernie bro pic:

good morning from oakland :) pic.twitter.com/Z03FaXRPkv
— joe veix (@joeveix) March 3, 2020

And NEW: California voters

artappraiser — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:06:07 +0000

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And NEW: California voters overwhelmingly are OK with trading a FAST vote count with expanded opportunities for voters, a new @latimes/@BerkeleyIGS poll finds... https://t.co/5QrKNci6ec
— John Myers (@johnmyers) March 3, 2020