A lot of the best political messages are really boring

One of the 2022 results that surprised me was Catherine Cortez Masto’s successful re-election in Nevada. …

So how did she pull it off? I think Dobbs was clearly an important factor, as it was in many states.

But a new report suggests that Cortez Masto and her campaign can offer some important lessons, namely that one incredibly banal message about law enforcement that she ran is apparently very potent. To an extent, this insight backs up things I’ve believed for a long time about the value of normie politics. But I also think that people who are more left-wing than I am will find a fair amount to like in this story because it suggests the possibility of making substantial gains in public opinion with very superficial gestures to the center. CONTINUED

Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring


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