Lessons From the 2012 Election
What we learned about politics from the Obama-Romney race.
Posted Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at 7:03 AM
Every election has its teaching moments. These are the things that can fit on the back of a 3-by-5 index card, the lessons that tomorrow’s pundits will commit to memory and trot out with all the confidence of physicists reciting scientific fact. What were the takeaways from the 2012 presidential race? Presented below, in handy note card form, are our best suggestions.
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William J. Dobson is Slate’s politics and foreign affairs editor and the author of The Dictator’s Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democracy. You can follow him on Twitter.