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Well black voters won’t decide California. Progressives might.
Given, Harris' base of operations in the Bay Area, and name recognition - I would expect Harris to win California - but the margins will matter and if anyone can come in a close 2nd or 3rd that would dilute the results a little. But, if Harris can win big in her home state - that should be enough momentum for her to ride to the convention.
I think that is true in any party - whether its the 2-party system here in the US - or the multi-party systems more prevalent in Europe.
Well, the Republican party has essentially become the party of white identity politics. I think it's bad and unhealthy that we now have one party for whites and another one for non-whites, but here we are.
My gut agrees but this quote from the Klobuchar 538 article reminded me that it really isn't.
In the Democratic party there are more diverse sub-groups, many of them broken down racial lines. In the same way that Klobuchar appeals to the "beer track" vs the "wine track." It becomes a natural constituency.
Yeah - I thought they generally did a good job on all the candidates - at least at this stage.
Did any Republican media personality do this before Limbaugh? In my short life it seems hes the first guy that start this antiintellectualism xenophobia.
William F. Buckley once said that he'd rather be governed by the first one hundred people in the Boston phone book than the Harvard faculty, so there's always been a strain of anti-intellectualism running through modern conservative thought, though that was more pith than seriousness. It's never been as bad as it is today.
I am always amused by comments like this when viewing pictures like this one
I bet if we did a poll here (maybe we already have?), she'd be lots of people's #1.
I'm not sure this sub-forum is a good representation of the primary voters at large.
Really? Lol Free Republic was running with a Gateway Pundit article earlier that said 22,000 people showed up for Trump, less than 100 for Beto.
Saw that Trump was touting the number of people who requested free tickets online as his number
Not too familiar with Gateway Pundit...Trump's place only held 6,500 people.
I have no earthly idea why you'd associate the word "fake" with a guy named Robert Francis O'Rourke who calls himself Beto.
Very much "youth pastor at the local ministry", imo. I get how people dig him but I also think he's not ready for the national stage.
Gateway Pundit reporting is the total shizz! White House-credentialed and everything.
I checked it out. May need to bleach my MacBook, was fighting off popups and blocking content left and right.
It might be my fault for giving you the wrong impression. Gateway Pundit tickles my funny bone with its Mayberryesque amateurishness. But they do love and support their president.
There was a great link to "Ben Carson's Miracle Memory Enhancer Hits Shelves Today!"
I suppose this is just another way of saying the DNC has chosen its nominee, and you are not going to get the backing of the establishment Dems.
Maybe to a degree. Beto is like 45 and appears to be a rising political star without an obvious path forward. He can't exactly sit on the sideline for 4-6 years and waste the capital he's built up.
In isolation I agree with you but the electorate is generally different in midterms and in Presidential years. Not clear yet whether that helps or hurts Beto.
Maybe he could I’ve to Massachusetts.prefontaine said:
I'm a little skeptical about that. Trump's a very different kind of president and many historical trends will be less predictive in his case. Furthermore, the "my team vs their team" crap in our country is so strong that I suspect a big chuck of that 89% is more "I approve of my Republican president" than "I'd rather have Trump instead of <some other Republican> as President".
I don't think Trump faces a serious challenge.
I thought that too, but as of June 2018, Cornyn had 27% total approval and Cruz had 39%.prefontaine said:
Lol, maybe it's the skateboarding. I suppose some people think it makes him "hip". I'd throw out the "ph" word that rhymes with "Tony" but I don't want to light another firestorm.Just found out Beto O'Rourke is 46? That's kinda surprising. He acts.....much younger.
Interesting. I notice Cornyn's bounced pretty high in Oct which I assume is just the election. So that makes me wonder if Cruz bounced earlier due to campaigning.
