This is what happens when we nominate Our Revolution candidates in otherwise competitve districts

[RandySF]

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[Recursion]

1. NY-24 is weird as hell

I've never understood a single return from that district.

[Bettie]

2. Well, why don't you just propose that

you get to choose one primary candidate for each district.

Then, we don't even have to vote, we can just do as we're told.

[Eko]

5. I find it fascinating that you could

move the goalposts that far back.

[Bettie]

13. Makes as much sense as blaming primaries

for an incumbent leading.

And I tire of hearing how terrible it is that primaries are a thing that happen and that more than one person tends to run in them.

[rpannier]

18. No more interesting then the OP leaving out that the district isn't a swing

Katko has garnered about 60% of the vote the last two times
Only PPP had this a lean Democrat

[Squinch]

12. What the hell? Why don't you just propose that everyone

wears their underwear in their heads?

That has as much to do with this discussion as your "why don't you?"

[JI7]

3. that looks like a solid red district

[joshcryer]

6. It's gone Dem past 3 Presidential elections.

[rpannier]

16. For the record

2016: Katko 61% of the vote. Deacon (D) 39%
2014: Katko 59.9% Maffei (D and Incumbent) 40.1

Presidential elections are not reflections of other races
Hence in California there are 7 congressional districts won by both Clinton and the Republican running

[joshcryer]

19. Yeah, I know.

But it's still rather flippable with a damn good candidate. We don't have that this time not remotely.

[rpannier]

20. We will have to see

It appears to be a more 'involved' situation than some of the stories let on

I found this from a site called auburnpub which covers politics in that area
https://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/things-to-know-about-dana-balter-s-win-in-democratic/article_283c77c2-79c1-11e8-bae1-cfd7cb61695e.html

It's a blow to national Democrats. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's decision to intervene backfired. National Democrats didn't embrace Balter's grassroots approach and instead backed Perez Williams. It was a questionable decision then because it split the party. Local Democrats had already endorsed Balter and for more than a month it didn't appear she would have to worry about a primary.

[Recursion]

7. It reliably has a 20+ downticket swing

I've never understood this district

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. It's not our revolution; it's Bernie's revolution. The name grates with hubris every time it is used

[ProudLib72]

14. You're not giving Nina Turner her share of the credit

She won't like that.

[brush]

8. A little more info for those of us not familiar with this district.

Who is who—the Democrat, the Dem Soc., the repug?

[oberliner]

10. Katko is the incumbent Republican

Dana Balter is the Democratic primary winner who defeated Juanita Perez Williams by 25 points. Bernie Sanders supported Balter. The DCCC supported Williams.

[brush]

11. Thank you.

[oberliner]

9. Katko won in 2016 by 20 points and won in 2014 by 20 points

[Decoy of Fenris]

15. Katko's been absolutely hammering the airwaves. Nothing from the Dems though.

Also, Onondaga County is pretty much the equivalent of "Urban rural". Looks like a city area, but there's a lot of fill of both Republican-voting ethnic minorities and white rural emigrants who want the city feel but without having to actually live in a city. There's a lot of areas in New York that are quite similar; take a look at the 2016 election map if you're interested. Loads of red.

[rpannier]

17. Nope

2016: Katko 61% of the vote. Deacon (D) 39%
2014: Katko 59.9% Maffei (D and Incumbent) 40.1
This district for Congressional races is a Republican district -- Katko District

[SkyDancer]

21. So let's not have democracy

and just run the candidate who only represents you personally?

That sounds rather wrong.