Morning Digest: Why Florida Democrats are hoping for upsets in Tuesday's special elections
One of the things I’ve long been proudest of at The Downballot is our ability to set aside our personal preferences when we analyze elections. Far too many pundits out there can’t separate the two. They puff up the chances of candidates they like and pooh-pooh the prospects of candidates they dis like. And when the former succeeds, it’s because they embraced that particular commentator’s preferred vision. When the latter fails, it’s because they didn’t. This approach to politics is facile and embarrassing. It misleads readers about what’s actually happening on the campaign trail and offers no guidance as to what might happen in the future. But in our broken media landscape, which rewards hot takes and ragebait, it’s all too common. At The Downballot, we reject this game outright. Whatever we might personally like to see happen has no bearing on what will happen—and that’s the only thing worth spending our time on. If you’re as sick of the hot-take ca...
