Never mind all the talk about waves and tsunamis. “The number one thing that matters," says Bradley, "would be the Democrats taking one chamber of Congress, not because I love the Democrats particularly, but because I really think Trump is the worst president we’ve ever had. And not giving him the ability to push legislation through Congress is critical.” But no margin on Tuesday changes the deeper problem: “We still have a system that effectively incentivizes everyone to just attack each other and have one-sided policy and ideology, because when everything is gerrymandered, only the primaries matter, and primary turnout is 10 percent. We have this tendency to think that once we’ve elected someone, now everything that they promised is going to happen. And even if they are truly well-intentioned and are willing to not put their own political and emotional needs first, it’s still unlikely they’re going to be able to accomplish what you want them to accomplish, because they’re working within a system where all of the structural incentives are aligned towards dysfunction and failure.” Plus: the logic of Haley Stevens’ crossover endorsement in Michigan, the Democrats’ self-defeating trick in Alaska, and why Netanyahu clinging to power feeds the American left’s antisemitic impulses.
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