Save for a few people that establish a nationally salient brand (e.g., AOC), that means everyone in Congress really just blends into an undifferentiated D or R (most people can’t actually name their representative in Congress but can identify their party).
This suggests to me that local money should compose a smaller percentage of campaign funds over time. This is me pre-registering that I’m going to check this and publish results. If it’s false I will downgrade this hypothesis in my mind but not consider it disproven.
This suggests to me that local money should compose a smaller percentage of campaign funds over time. This is me pre-registering that I’m going to check this and publish results. If it’s false I will downgrade this hypothesis in my mind but not consider it disproven.
EDIT: prediction verified