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How did Christie get elected in New Jersey ? (Original Post) steve2470 Aug 2012 OP
A discredited, ineffectual incumbent Democrat. Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #1
this guy ? steve2470 Aug 2012 #3
Jon Corzine soleft Aug 2012 #8
He ran against Jon Corzine whom you may have heard of recently... rfranklin Aug 2012 #4
NJ. Tony Soprano. NT. Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author bupkus Aug 2012 #5
It is what happens when the Democratic Party doesn't care enough to run effective candidates. swayne Aug 2012 #6
Same way Keane, Whitman, and other Republicans... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #7
Not to promulgate any stereotypes about Sicilians from Jersey XemaSab Aug 2012 #9
I Live in NJ mim89 Aug 2012 #10
Cristine Todd Whitman also won in NJ. Jennicut Aug 2012 #11
Corzine was hated and ran a very negative campaign karynnj Aug 2012 #12
I voted for Corzine with left hand firmly gripping nose. bklyncowgirl Aug 2012 #13
 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
4. He ran against Jon Corzine whom you may have heard of recently...
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 11:40 AM
Aug 2012

His campaign was almost invisible and he didn't have much to brag about.

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swayne

(383 posts)
6. It is what happens when the Democratic Party doesn't care enough to run effective candidates.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 11:50 AM
Aug 2012

Anyone ever heard of Scott Brown? The same thing happened in Massachusettes too....

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
7. Same way Keane, Whitman, and other Republicans...
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 12:13 PM
Aug 2012

got elected.

The Governorship bounces back and forth, usually depending upon how disliked the last Governor was. Like many states, Democratic registration is largely in the cities and the more suburban counties are hard Republican, so it's turnout that counts, not registration. It's also the last refuge of the county Boss, so you talk to guys like Lesniak and Norcross, who can control turnout, and don't necessarily go straight to the voters.

The state does have its hard-core wingnuts on both sides, but is overwhelmingly moderate when actually electing people, so I'm kinda wondering how Christie snuck in there. He was already well known as a loose cannon, but a highly successful (and highly partisan) US Attorney.



XemaSab

(60,212 posts)
9. Not to promulgate any stereotypes about Sicilians from Jersey
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 01:53 PM
Aug 2012

but that dude totally looks like he has friends in "Waste Management."

mim89

(102 posts)
10. I Live in NJ
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:35 PM
Aug 2012

Corzine was so hated. He just always had this slimeball thing about him, it eventually proved right with MFGlobal.

I wish they would've just had him drop out and run Richard Codey instead

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
11. Cristine Todd Whitman also won in NJ.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 07:35 PM
Aug 2012

Pataki in NY too. Repubs can win in blue states, usually because the Dem stunk it up last time somehow. Here in CT we had Jodi Rell for what seems like forever and she was a moderate Repub. Mittens won in Mass. Blue states go back and forth too but usually the state legislatures are much more liberal leaning.

karynnj

(59,466 posts)
12. Corzine was hated and ran a very negative campaign
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:09 PM
Aug 2012

I was told by someone in my county organization that the intentionally negative campaign was designed to lower the vote - with the idea that the Democratic GOTV was better.

I did some phone banking and canvassing - and it was the worst experience doing this since I canvassed for McGovern in 1972 - and that was personally less bad because I believed whole heartedly in McGovern. We were calling only Democrats (and occasionally independents) and people were really unwilling to vote for Corzine -- and Christie had run as the Republican moderate in the primary and took few detailed positions in the general election. In other words, many people did not know what they were getting.

bklyncowgirl

(7,960 posts)
13. I voted for Corzine with left hand firmly gripping nose.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:40 PM
Aug 2012

I then went home and took a long hot shower.

Knowing then what I do now, that he's either the world's worst fund manager or a felon, I feel I should have voted for some third party candidate.

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