Decision Desk Rivalry

Pinch-hitting for Jonah today is his vocal double Chris Stirewalt, who talks with his old ...

Published March 17, 2021

Pinch-hitting for Jonah today is his vocal double Chris Stirewalt, who talks with his old friend from their shared years at Fox News’ Decision Desk, Daron Shaw. Chris and Daron go on a “mythbusting” expedition, explaining why the conventional wisdom that high-turnout elections benefit Democrats isn’t true (and has never been) as well as why campaign finance efforts have historically failed to attack corruption in favor of simply dismantling the “appearance of corruption.” It’s a punched-up episode that’s sure to complete a few of your Remnant Bingo cards.

Show Notes:

–Daron Shaw at the University of Texas

–Daron and John Petrocik’s book, The Turnout Myth

–Voter files

–2020 was largest turnout since 1900

–Was Edgar Allan Poe “cooped”?

–McConnell speaks about McCain-Feingold

–Daron’s book on Buckley v. Valeo, The Appearance of Corruption

–P.J. O’Rourke’s Don’t Vote

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Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, enormous lizards roamed the Earth. More immediately prior to that, Jonah spent two decades at National Review, where he was a senior editor, among other things. He is also a bestselling author, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, commentator for CNN, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. When he is not writing the G-File or hosting The Remnant podcast, he finds real joy in family time, attending to his dogs and cat, and blaming Steve Hayes for various things.

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