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The Bitter End The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy

John Sides

What an intensely divisive election means for American politics The year 2020 was a tumultuous time in American politics. It brought a global pandemic, protests for racial justice, and a razor-thin presidential election outcome. It culminated in an attack on the U.S. Capitol that attempted to deny...

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It was discussed as a recent book that uses data analysis to support the concept of 'calcification' in politics, meaning people don't readily change their minds about voting preferences.

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So calcification, and I should say this is true for both calcification and parody. It comes from a new book by John Sides, Lynn Vavreck, and Krista Sanovic. Called The Bitter End, I believe.

— Episode: Explaining, Explained (with Ezra Klein)

Episode: Explaining, Explained (with Ezra Klein)

It was discussed as a recent book that uses data analysis to support the concept of 'calcification' in politics, meaning people don't readily change their minds about voting preferences.

"

So calcification, and I should say this is true for both calcification and parody. It comes from a new book by John Sides, Lynn Vavreck, and Krista Sanovic. Called The Bitter End, I believe.

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