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Can Tim Scott's Optimism Win Over The GOP?

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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The Optimist Tone in the Republican Primary

Tim Scott is in a position thinking about the Republican primary field to really maybe Contrast himself with other figures that sound kind of apocalyptic and say okay, you know I'm a happy warrior. The elephant in the room with the respect to the Republican primary is electability, right? It's how is this person not only going to achieve our policy goals but also win? And so I see sort of the positive optimistic tone as you know partly what he believes and how he thinks about politics.

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