Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Why I'm supporting the wildest, most radical left wing candidate: [View all]TexasBushwhacker
(20,289 posts)"Tell me why you think we should spend our money trying to get Trump voters to vote Democratic rather than trying to stimulate more non voters to show up. Tell why your candidate will do better than Sanders at stimulating those non voters."
While I don't agree that Sanders is the best candidate to get non-voters to participate, I think this writer is correct. There are plenty of disappointed Trump voters, but that doesn't mean they will vote for the Democratic candidate. They're more likely to vote 3rd party or stay home.
I've thought about it a lot, and my choice to GOTV is for Beto to run for POTUS. VP is good too, but I really think he can do it. Hell, let's do an all Texas ticket - O'Rourke-Castro. MILLIONS of Latino voters would register and vote. Turn out in Texas in 2018 was damn near DOUBLE what it was in the last midterm in 2014 (8.3 million vs 4.4 Million). Wrap your head around that for a minute. As many Texans voted in 2018 as in 2016. THAT IS UNHEARD OF!
I know he's young and hasn't been elected to a statewide office. He's been in trouble with the law and he drops the occassional F bomb. And he would be running against this.
I just don't think Beto cannot run. His time is now.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden