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jivatmanx
on Nov 3, 2012
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Why political journalists can’t stand Nate Silver
Only politicians in the vanishingly small percentage of districts that are actually competitive.
ryanwaggoner
on Nov 3, 2012
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Many of those districts are still competitive, just at the primary level instead of the general election.
jivatmanx
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Primary elections are only competitive when there isn't an incumbent. And even then rarely, because there is a candidate that the party favors.
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