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2020 Democratic Challengers: Who ISN'T Running At This Point?

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WeAreNDHockey said:
Move Ohio from your first list to your second one. I can't imagine there is a democrat running that will be within the margin of error when the votes are counted in November 2020. This state is lost. I don't mean it is lost to democrats, I mean it is lost. Don't be fooled by Sherrod Brown's 5 or 6 point win last November. He won because of incumbency and because the republicans did not bother trying to beat him because they are stupid. Had the party targeted the state and put funding and a viable candidate on the ballot, Brown would have been in for trouble. At best they'd still be counting the votes. I see more confederate flags here than I do in Alabama.
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I'm a little curious about the Brown race. It doesn't seem to me like they didn't try to contest it. It seems like the race never closed for them enough to not say "screw it" and focus elsewhere. Given that they invested in and won a high profile governor's face, clearly the GOP was engaged in Ohio last year and its not like them to give an arch progressive like Brown a free pass.

So what I'm curious about is where Brown's voters are coming from? He's either 1) winning crossover voters who are otherwise voting GOP, which would be interesting since again he's no Joe Manchin, or 2) lefties are coming out to vote for him and only him, and sitting out most other elections. Might be worth the time and effort to figure that out. I don't disagree with you about Ohio's rightward drift but its a good place to see if we can assemble a different coalition to win elections instead of relying on union members to use one example.
 
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mookie1995 said:
2 out of 50 is 4%
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That's not how population works. It's not "one state one vote."

But if you really want that then fine, let's redraw the states. 50 was too many anyway. Let's drop back to 13 equally-populated states and start over. It's a cooler flag.

<img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/bb6fdd54-0ac6-4765-8357-6c6c8416ecbf.png" height="300" >

I see:

New England (blue)
New York (blue)
Ohio (purple)
Virginia (blue)
Florida (red)
Michigan (purple)
Tennessee (red)
Minnesota (purple)
Arkansas (red)
Texas (red)
Utah (red)
Washington (blue)
California (blue)
 
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The current D candidates should find 3 to 5 issues that have broadbased support in the battleground states and hit them hard.

Just campaigning against tD will not be a winning strategy.
 
Kepler said:
That's not how population works. It's not "one state one vote."

But if you really want that then fine, let's redraw the states. 50 was too many anyway. Let's drop back to 13 equal-sized states and start over.

<img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/bb6fdd54-0ac6-4765-8357-6c6c8416ecbf.png" height="300" >

I see:

New England (blue)
New York (blue)
Virginia (blue)
Florida (red)
Michigan (purple)
Tennessee (red)
Minnesota (purple)
Arkansas (red)
Texas (red)
Utah (red)
Washington (blue)
California (blue)
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Hey Michael stipe!!!

Let's put our heads together
And start a new country up

:D

United STATES of America:p
 
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Kepler said:
That's not how population works. It's not "one state one vote."

But if you really want that then fine, let's redraw the states. 50 was too many anyway. Let's drop back to 13 equal-sized states and start over.

<img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/bb6fdd54-0ac6-4765-8357-6c6c8416ecbf.png" height="300" >

I see:

New England (blue)
New York (blue)
Ohio (purple)
Virginia (blue)
Florida (red)
Michigan (purple)
Tennessee (red)
Minnesota (purple)
Arkansas (red)
Texas (red)
Utah (red)
Washington (blue)
California (blue)
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You guys should have negotiated a better deal back when we were 13 states. Don't whine about it now.
 
Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers: Who ISN'T Running At This Point?

Follow the thread. I'm not at a PC to embed.

@AsteadWesley: Every Democratic candidate as members of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, a thread (1/20)
 
Kepler said:
That's not how population works. It's not "one state one vote."

But if you really want that then fine, let's redraw the states. 50 was too many anyway. Let's drop back to 13 equally-populated states and start over. It's a cooler flag.

<img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/bb6fdd54-0ac6-4765-8357-6c6c8416ecbf.png" height="300" >

I see:

New England (blue)
New York (blue)
Ohio (purple)
Virginia (blue)
Florida (red)
Michigan (purple)
Tennessee (red)
Minnesota (purple)
Arkansas (red)
Texas (red)
Utah (red)
Washington (blue)
California (blue)
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Except when it gets to the House to decide a president. Then it is truly one state, one vote.
 
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SJHovey said:
You guys should have negotiated a better deal back when we were 13 states. Don't whine about it now.
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And the red states should've invested in education and diversified their economies to attract high-paying tech and engineering jobs, so they could keep the smart kids closer to home instead of watching them bolt for the coastal blue states a month after college graduation. Don't whine about it now.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
And the red states should've invested in education and diversified their economies to attract high-paying tech and engineering jobs, so they could keep the smart kids closer to home instead of watching them bolt for the coastal blue states a month after college graduation. Don't whine about it now.
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Where do you see me whining about kids moving to the coasts, or anywhere for that matter?
 
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SJHovey said:
You guys should have negotiated a better deal back when we were 13 states. Don't whine about it now.
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Everything is renegotiable. That's why you can't own human beings anymore.
 
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Everyone is for universal healthcare (if you can pay a deductible and copays and premiums under the ****ty CAP plan).
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Expanding SCOTUS is nutball talk. FDR was told to take a hike when he tried to pack the court, and for good reason.
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That site has Pete in favor of court packing yet his quote clearly makes it seem like he thinks it’s bonkers too.

Court packing should be a disqualifying opinion.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
That site has Pete in favor of court packing yet his quote clearly makes it seem like he thinks it’s bonkers too.

Court packing should be a disqualifying opinion.
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yeah, the quote clearly supports an "against" stance.
 
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