The Political Effects Of Policy Stem From Vibes, Too

The way issues code as red or blue often hurts Democrats, but there's more they can do to help people understand material reality

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Steve Bannon let on to something interesting this week. As Greg Sargent first noticed, Bannon acknowledged that oil production under President Biden has reached historic highs. But he implied that this empirical reality is less important than how and whether the factual information is deployed. It’s not that Republica…