82 - Overton Window Dressing

What is "electability"? Why is the word so popular in Indonesia? What does it mean for UK politics? We answer these questions and even ask an AI to describe the concept, as well as what it understands by "the Second Row Socialists" and, most importantly, its thoughts on John Rentoul's fluid intake.  

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Google trends data for "electability" 

Extremists who win primaries are 37 percent less likely to win the general election compared to more moderate candidates.- Andrew B. Hall (2015) 

Man Bites Blue Dog: Are Moderates Really More Electable than Ideologues? - Stephen M. Utych (2019)  

In U.S., Socialist Presidential Candidates Least Appealing - Justin McCarthy for Gallup (2015) 

Bulletpoint: Is Electability A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? - Nate Silver for Five Thirty Eight (2019) 

Estimating the gender penalty in House of Representative elections using a regression discontinuity design - Lefteris Anastasopoulos (2016)  

Voters are back to worrying whether a woman can win - Ella Nilsen for Vox (2020) 

Just 6 per cent of Labour voters backed the party because of their local MP - Jon Stone for The Independent (2017) 

Only half of the population have heard of Emily Thornberry 

Starmer : I will break pledges to make Labour electable - Andrew Woodcock for The Independent (2021) 

Labour members split on whether the party should prioritise electability or principles - Fintan Smith for YouGov (2021) 

PiP's Scotpol podcast episode with talk of the Scottish Greens