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Can Tim Scott's Optimism Win Over The GOP?

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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The Importance of Cross-Cutting Figures in the Race

There's not a lot of Republicans who I think would dislike his pitch He is the lone black Republican in the Senate. People love cross-cutting figures, right? If you're a Democrat and you have somebody who's a candidate from a demographic that typically leans Democratic then there's something there where people like to donate or listen to that person. The polls aren't so great for your guy right now one They're like there's a long time until people actually vote but two they pivot back to the 2016 campaign pointing out that Scott Walker was gonna knock Jeb Bush off of his ascendancy to the GOP nomination.

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