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The Poll That Ended Dilbert

FiveThirtyEight Politics

CHAPTER

Democratic Primaries in Urban Politics

The three biggest cities in the country have now kind of come down to these runoffs between conservative Democrats, people who have been or have flirted with being Republicans. This is clearly a theme in urban politics that, you know, and we've beaten this drum at 538 that deeply Democratic does not mean deeply liberal or progressive. One more thing too is that if you are in a city where 80% or so of the presidential vote goes to Democrats... You would still strategically want to register as Democrats. It's the only game in town.

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