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Title: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: DPKdebator on April 18, 2017, 02:46:41 PM What potential candidates could cause a "weird", in terms of causing an unusual state vote (i.e. a Republican that wins Wisconsin but not Ohio and a Democrat that wins Arizona but not Virginia), result in the general election?
Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: Adam the Gr8 on April 18, 2017, 04:12:24 PM John Bell Edwards vs Charlie Baker could get kinda' funky.
Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: SingingAnalyst on April 18, 2017, 04:44:50 PM I'm not sure there are any. The election of 2016 cemented voter trends that have been in progress since at least the 1960s and in that sense was probably the "least funky" election of all time (1976 was the "funkiest" in modern times, as strange as that seems). Could the Dems nominate someone more populist than Bernie? Could the GOP nominate someone more moderate than Kasich? Doubtful. R and D primary voters determine our choices long before a single GE vote is cast. The best hope is for a 3rd party candidate to come along who pulls in all the disaffected voter groups (those who voted or would have voted Anderson '80, Perot '92, Perot '96, Nader '00, Stein '12 or '16, Johnson '12 or '16, etc.)
Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: An American Tail: Fubart Goes West on April 18, 2017, 05:50:32 PM John Bell Edwards vs Charlie Baker could get kinda' funky. Add Steve Bullock to the Dem ticket and things could get interesting. Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: Mr. Smith on April 18, 2017, 05:58:31 PM A complete dark horse.
Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: Kringla Heimsins on April 19, 2017, 11:16:08 AM Roy Cooper/John Bel Edwards against Charlie Baker/Jon Huntsman would be pretty interesting to watch, in addition to being an actually realistic scenario.
Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: Chunk Yogurt for President! on April 19, 2017, 12:09:11 PM Maybe a winning candidate chose a highly unconventional running mate and then didn't finish his or her term. Then the unconventional Vice President becomes President and governs very differently from the party line, that would be interesting.
Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: Figueira on April 19, 2017, 12:58:53 PM Roy Cooper/John Bel Edwards against Charlie Baker/Jon Huntsman would be pretty interesting to watch, in addition to being an actually realistic scenario. Lol Anyway, why would Baker produce a weird result? He's like Romney without the Mormonism. Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: Skill and Chance on April 19, 2017, 06:22:52 PM Bullock, JBE, or a Mormon Democrat.
Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: Lourdes on April 19, 2017, 08:28:31 PM Joe Manchin maybe, if he can get through the 2018 election.
Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: Illiniwek on April 19, 2017, 10:08:58 PM John Bell Edwards vs Charlie Baker could get kinda' funky. God that would be a fascinating and no-lose race. Why aren't we that lucky? Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas on April 19, 2017, 11:26:29 PM Roy Cooper/John Bel Edwards against Charlie Baker/Jon Huntsman would be pretty interesting to watch, in addition to being an actually realistic scenario. Lol Anyway, why would Baker produce a weird result? He's like Romney without the Mormonism. Baker is a genuinely popular moderate. Romney had virtually no appeal in the northeast, Baker would. Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: Figueira on April 20, 2017, 04:14:56 PM Roy Cooper/John Bel Edwards against Charlie Baker/Jon Huntsman would be pretty interesting to watch, in addition to being an actually realistic scenario. Lol Anyway, why would Baker produce a weird result? He's like Romney without the Mormonism. Baker is a genuinely popular moderate. Romney had virtually no appeal in the northeast, Baker would. After going through a Republican primary? I doubt it. Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: DPKdebator on April 20, 2017, 04:19:12 PM Roy Cooper/John Bel Edwards against Charlie Baker/Jon Huntsman would be pretty interesting to watch, in addition to being an actually realistic scenario. Lol Anyway, why would Baker produce a weird result? He's like Romney without the Mormonism. Baker is a genuinely popular moderate. Romney had virtually no appeal in the northeast, Baker would. After going through a Republican primary? I doubt it. How do you think Baker would do if, because of some magic trick or whatever, he makes it out of the primary as a moderate? Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: Figueira on April 20, 2017, 04:28:06 PM Roy Cooper/John Bel Edwards against Charlie Baker/Jon Huntsman would be pretty interesting to watch, in addition to being an actually realistic scenario. Lol Anyway, why would Baker produce a weird result? He's like Romney without the Mormonism. Baker is a genuinely popular moderate. Romney had virtually no appeal in the northeast, Baker would. After going through a Republican primary? I doubt it. How do you think Baker would do if, because of some magic trick or whatever, he makes it out of the primary as a moderate? In that case he'd do better than average in suburbs, but not enough to win states like MA, or even CT or NJ. Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: SoLongAtlas on April 21, 2017, 08:01:41 AM Jim Webb (moderate Dem, gets a lot of GOP support), Charlie Baker (liberal Rep., gets a lot of ind and some Dem support).
Title: Re: What is a candidate that would cause a "weird" result? Post by: DK_Mo82 on April 21, 2017, 01:37:01 PM Sanders in a scenario where the economy had not entered recession during Trump presidency.
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