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Whoever did the data "analysis" and #dataViz for this piece should be embarrassed. This is beyond naive empiricism; it's wrong in so many ways that it'd take an entire article to explain them. I have better things to do, but this type of intellectually vacuous nonsense must be debunked.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The antidote to our polarized politics “is a creative, re-energized political center,” the Times editorial board writes.

nyti.msOpinion | America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to WinningThe antidote to our polarized politics is a creative, re-energized political center.

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Andrew Marder

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21 Oct 2025

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Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social

My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.

data4democracy.substack.comThe New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out.Democrats already run moderates in nearly every swing district. It's not enough. A data-driven response to the case for centrism as a core electoral strategy.