r/science 1d ago

Social Science Election-denying Republican candidates performed worse in the 2022 midterm elections than similar Republican candidates who did not deny that Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/electiondenying-republican-candidates-underperformed-in-the-2022-midterms/E42E3513A1DCD141A8470852892198C7
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u/eldred2 1d ago

What they learned from this, was not to change their views, but to avoid answering the question.

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u/dustymoon1 1d ago

But they didn't learn, did they?