General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInteresting vote totals in Kentucky
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/kentucky/Democrats out-number Republicans in Senate races, by more than 100,000 votes.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)I want to see the voters wipe that smirk off of Mitch's lipless face.
Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)It's all about GOTV, Baby!
Wanderlust988
(509 posts)Ignoring Louisville and Lexington, especially the Breonna Taylor situation wasn't a wise move and there's some anger with her about that. She's spending way too much time on the farms and not enough time cultivating the Democratic base, which she needs to come out if she has any prayer of winning.
pnwmom
(108,976 posts)her support.
Dems2002
(509 posts)I dont care how annoyed people are with voters, the job of a candidate and their campaign is to win. It is astonishing to me that some Democrats are content to let our elected leaders voice support for Trump in order to somehow triangulate and win, but express annoyance that supporting Trump comes with some blowback.
Harry Truman knew what he was talking about when he said, given a choice between a Republican and a Democrat who acts like a Republican, voters are gonna pick the Republican.
Amy has run a terrible campaign. 40 million dollars and she barely beat her opponent who spent $3 million. Her desire not to offend means that she has no values. This is actually not how one wins support from Independents, let alone voters who dont vote all the time.
What exactly has changed for poor people in Kentucky over the last 15 years? Trump sucks, sure, but outside of covid, has life been all that different for non political people?
I feel like when Democrats say f voters, they are picturing some spoiled white male bernie bro type, and not a single mom with two parttime jobs and rickety childcare who rarely pays a lot of attention to politics because voting has never made much of a difference for her daily life.
Give her something to vote for and maybe she will get up an hour early or stand in line for two hours to do it. But she doesnt owe us a thing, we are the ones who owe her. And maybe if we actually make government work again, we will earn her vote next time as well.
pnwmom
(108,976 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,888 posts)I don't expect it to happen.
It is part of the reason imo that Indiana Senator Donnelly lost in 2018.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)Stay home, Republicans, or be forever linked to the Gangsters Of Putin.
ffr
(22,669 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,250 posts)Moscow Mitch had essentially no opposition and the Democratic contest was a real horse race, right down to the wire.
DavidDvorkin
(19,473 posts)Whereas the Republican one (I assume) was not.
Response to kentuck (Original post)
Post removed
LeftInTX
(25,258 posts)What happened in November???
BannonsLiver
(16,369 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)voter totals in both primaries. It was quite encouraging.