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May 09, 2008

Hillary's latest extrapolation fallacy

Hillary Clinton has sent a memo to House Democrats touting her victories in swing districts. The problem is that the memo, like so much of Hillary's electability arguments, depends on the fallacy that primaries are an accurate guide to general election outcomes. You just can't assume that to be true. What we need instead is polling in those districts among registered voters.

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