22 May 2014 - any given flavor

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2014 : 22 May 2014

An American primary election is the opposite of a supermarket. The supermarket is full of bland foods (because somebody will dislike any given flavor) with colorful labels (because somebody will like any given flavor). The primary is full of colorful characters with the same label.

clue:

The implied point is that there’s been an increasing tendency for the more extreme candidates to win, the opposite of what the voters want. Politics is increasingly polarized, voters aren’t.

take oh take this clue away