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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat's going on with the Governors' races in New England?
Why are the R's so far ahead?
It seems weird that we're so much closer to winning in red Georgia than in "blue" VT, NH, and MA.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/governor/?ex_cid=midterms-header
leftieNanner
(15,143 posts)is kind of an idiot. She will vote for the person, but says Charlie will likely win again.
For such a reliably blue state, Massachusetts has put forth some pretty odd candidates.
Ms. Toad
(34,086 posts)A few years ago I voted for the idiot, but I presumed reliable, Democrat. Unfortunately, he was too much of an idiot to reliably promote and/or vote for Democratic ideals. The damage done by the idiot was far worse than the damage done by the Republican (who roundly defeated the idiot the next time around).
Obviously, I would prefer a non-idiotic democrat. But I understand the hesitancy to vote for an idiot.
hack89
(39,171 posts)This time around the Republican candidates have distanced themselves from trump
LBM20
(1,580 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)There's even an ad featuring people claiming to be proud and longtime Democrats all saying they are voting for him.
His opponent is basically the only guy willing to bother taking a chance.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)I saw that commercial with all the pro-Baker Democrats countless times
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)He effectively is almost running unopposed.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)If they also govern as moderates, they are hard to beat. In the south the contrast is sharper and as the region changes demographically, democrats are having more success.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)conservative on economics.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,564 posts)he comes across as a "people person" with policy wonk creds. Hard to hate him because he seems to know that he is in a Big Blue State and doesn't try to piss off the majority by being hyper-partisan (unlike the current ME Governor, Paul "LeClown" LePage).
Good News is, he has hit his ceiling. He could go to Washington, but it won't be via the election route. He'd get primaried by the core Trump activists. If he did survive, MA Democrats are smart enough to know that he won't be a reliable Democratic vote in Congress.
His path to a national political future is via an Independent 3rd Party where he can shed his Republican past.
Green Line
(1,123 posts)I have Republican relatives, none of them like Charlie Baker they think hes too far left.
Atman
(31,464 posts)It's very different up here. Two houses on my street (a short little dirt road off another long dirt road) fly the Don't Tread On Me flag. We live on a beautiful lake in a private neighborhood in the mountains...I wonder why they feel so oppressed? There aren't even any income or sales taxes here! NH has always been pretty Red.