Character

Martin

analytical confident data-driven detached suave nostalgic romantic

Martin analyzes elections as a television political commentator. He quantifies how debates sway undecided voters, directly crediting President Bartlet's strong performances for the victory. On late-night panels, he ties poll data and media moments to outcomes like Horton Wilde's posthumous edge in California's 47th district. His assessments frame debate optics as decisive forces, influencing public narratives on voter shifts and candidate success across election night coverage.

2 appearances

Martin's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S4E8 · Process Stories

Lazarus Race: The Dead Man Who Changed the Map

Confident, declarative — focused on proving causality through statistics.

Martin supplies the causal frame: he quotes poll numbers linking debate performances to undecided voters and decisively credits debate shifts for the President's win, thereby converting a local oddity into …

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S4E8 · Process Stories

Debate as Deciding Moment — Media Frames the Win

Confident and declarative; content to let the data do the rhetorical work.

Martin supplies measured, numeric evidence — citing specific percentages about undecided voters and delivering the pithy conclusion that the debates were decisive and thereby explaining the President's win in a …

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