Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: NYT ltte: Run a governor, not a Senator, for president in 2020 [View all]Garrett78
(10,721 posts)Charisma, youthfulness and a shortage of baggage are all key. There isn't a great divide on issues. Maximizing turnout of POC and young people is what will win us the presidency. This nonsense about flipping Trump voters as being key to our success is just that, nonsense. To center a nomination or campaign around flipping those who have not yet abandoned Trump would be the height of lunacy.
2016 was unique in so many ways, including the fact that it matched 2 historically unpopular candidates, and we should be careful not to base our analysis on that 1 odd election. Clinton was our best option, but the fact of the matter is, people had been conditioned to hate her over a period of 25 years (turnout was down in key demographics, 3rd party voting was up). And she is much older with much more baggage than our nominees who have become president. So, there were some idiots who either didn't vote, voted 3rd party or decided they'd give the outsider a chance in spite of his bigotry. Trump isn't new anymore and we aren't going to nominate someone with a lot of baggage, I would hope. Trump is a known quantity and those who haven't yet abandoned him aren't going to do so based on who we nominate.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided