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Social media provides more significant opportunities for female candidates to promote themselves and increase their electability in elections.
GOP primary voters in 2022 often chose the Trumpiest candidate, even if they had substantial electoral vulnerabilities, as does Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters, shown here with Donald Trump.
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Voters trust their gut when they decide who an electable candidate is or isn’t. That may be a bad idea.
Most people vote for the candidate they think is the most electable.
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Why do some people think that Bernie Sanders isn’t electable and Joe Biden is? Does anyone really know what makes one candidate seem electable while another doesn’t?