The most popular nationally amongst any other democrats its true.
I'm sorry your anecdotes mean nothing when it comes down to voting time.
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The most popular nationally amongst any other democrats its true.
I'm sorry your anecdotes mean nothing when it comes down to voting time.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Among Democratic primary voters yes. Ask Dean Phillips if you don't believe me.
It seems to me evident that Biden is popular with Democratic primary voters in a similar way that MTG is popular with the Republican voters in her district.
This isn't difficult to understand despite what Carps friend feels about her...
sturg33
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Are general elections a good I dictator of the popularity with the total population?
No one ran against him in the primary. Sub 40% approval rating.
You are vastly underrating people's propensity to vote for the status quo. That doesn't mean they like them.
No because the population should be stratified in that sense but in general absolutely. 'Real' votes equate to how the pouplation feels about you.
And if people truly 'hated' her in a large enough number she might have a contested primary where she doesn't get 70% of vote.
Tapate50
Well-known member
100%
Tapate50
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That’s not what that means
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Dean Phillips ran against him.
If other more prominent Democrats thought they had a shot they would have run.
He has a 60% approval rating among democrats, which is extremely low partisan support.
People vote the status quo. That doesn't mean particular candidates are especially popular. It has more to do with not liking the unknown, rather than liking what you have.
Incumbents win their primary the VAST majority of the time. Are we to assume they are all popular?
sturg33
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Do you view the losses across the board (senate, congress, governors, state reps) from Republicans since 2017 as a reflection of lack of popularity from the general people?
Not within their bases - I swear you ask the worst questions.
Can you learn to follow along with the conversation?
When is the last time an incumbent POTUS came remotely close to losing a primary? Even GHWB won 72% of the vote, despite being one of the least popular presidents of all time.
sturg33
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I just need to understand when elections are reflections of popularity and when they are the opposite
Again - You fail to keep up with the adults.
Can you tell me when anyone spoke about general elections in this brief discussion?
I'll wait....
sturg33
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Nobody did, until I brought it up.
It appears to me you believe primary election results are reflective of popularity, bit general elections sometimes are, but haven't been lately
It amazes me how out of touch thethe and nsacpi are with this subject.
How people vote is not necessarily indicative of well they like a particular candidate. We know that are large amount of people hold their nose when selecting candidates simply because they really don't like the other candidate. Not because they are huge supporters of their current candidate.
We already know that the vast majority of republicans and democrats vote straight partisan lines all the way down the ticket. But somehow we are to believe that they vote drastically different in the primary.....
People largely vote the status quo, for whatever party the affiliate with.
How people vote is not necessarily indicative of well they like a particular candidate. We know that are large amount of people hold their nose when selecting candidates simply because they really don't like the other candidate. Not because they are huge supporters of their current candidate.
We already know that the vast majority of republicans and democrats vote straight partisan lines all the way down the ticket. But somehow we are to believe that they vote drastically different in the primary.....
People largely vote the status quo, for whatever party the affiliate with.
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We discussed popularity with the base and not the general public.
Also - There isn't much of a difference county by county between the two.
But keep moving the goalposts like you're cajun. Its a great look!