Jonathan Cohn is a Boston-based activist and editor who has volunteered on numerous electoral and ballot initiative campaigns. He chairs the Elections Committee at Progressive Massachusetts, a statewide grassroots advocacy group, and was a campaign fellow for Obama for America in 2012.
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Centrist Pundits Assume Voters Agree with Them. Polling Tells a Different Story.
Jonathan Chait and Rahm Emanuel get "electability" totally wrong.
Jonathan Cohn
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“Electability” Is Astrology for Pundits
Expert predictions often represent little more than calcified prejudice.
Jonathan Cohn