In this episode we discuss the concept of electability. The evidence suggests that being "electable" is a meaningless concept which changes over time. Does having no hair matter more than having no policy positions? Can candidates with extreme views ever get elected? And why is it that it's only losers that say they're more electable?
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You can read about politicians with beards here, about bald politicians here and here, and about the effect of alphabetical ordering of candidates here and here.
The excellent Vox articles on the electability of Cruz, Trump and Sanders can be found here and here.
Three more excellent articles on electability from an American perspective can be found here, here and here.
The whole idea for this podcast is stolen from a tweet from the anthropologist David Graeber.
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