• InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    He's not white and he's not Christian - he's Hindu. Once Trump in his inimitable way makes fun of him for that - I think Ramaswamy's "popularity" tanks. I think the Bradley effect is heavily in play.

    Bradley effect

    The Bradley effect (less commonly the Wilder effect) is a theory concerning observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some United States government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other.

    The theory proposes that some white voters who intend to vote for the white candidate would nonetheless tell pollsters that they are undecided or likely to vote for the non-white candidate.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      1 year ago

      Bobby Jindal won in Louisiana. Its not impossible for a guy like Ramaswamy to get his foot in the door.

      But this isn't even a Bradley Effect. He's polling single digits after a big debate win. Can't even get ahead of Ron DeSanctimonious.

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          1 year ago

          That's not just brown people. But white people get the "we assume you're christian by default" credits. You don't have to explain that Bill Clinton or Donald Trump are Christians to anybody.

            • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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              1 year ago

              I can't help but think you get a little in your own head when you're "The Guy". Or even just ancillary to "The Guy". Like, how else could you have gotten here by this litany of historical happy accidents if not for Divine Providence?

              Eric Adams really shines with it. You get that vibe off Mitt Romney as well. I have to assume Obama is at least a bit touched by his own mythology.

              • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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                1 year ago

                I assume Biden also thinks of himself as The Guy. He might be far more religious than he lets on because it helps him electorally.

                Eric Adams

                He's such a deluded freak.