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What Does “Electability” Really Mean and Who Gets to Define It? S4E155 08.08.2025

Dr. Mark George Bound, Dr. Scott Gerschwer, & Dr. Brooklynn Ann Welden Season 4 Episode 155

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Today, a listener asks What Does 'Electability' Really Mean—and Who Gets to Define It? Is electability a coded term that reinforces systemic bias? How do race, gender, and class shape perceptions of political viability? Should voters challenge the narrative of electability more aggressively? 

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