Generic R vs Generic D

[All Along The Watchtower]

If there weren't actual candidates running, just literally two labels on the ballot that said "Generic R" and "Generic D."

 

[Dixie Reborn]

Generic R. Without Hillary, the Democrats are doomed.

[KCDem]

Generic R. Without Hillary, the Democrats are doomed.

LOL

[ShamDam]

Generic R. With their actual candidates, the Republicans are doomed.

[Free Bird]

Generic R. Without Hillary, the Democrats are doomed.

[IceSpear]

The Democrats routinely have a better favorability rating than the Republicans in pretty much every poll. On the other hand, that doesn't seem to be helping them very much on the generic congressional ballot. So who knows.

[SWE]

Generic D, if only because the GOP doesn't have any very strong candidates

[© tweed]

finding a Generic R is going to be a lot harder to do than finding a generic D.

[ElectionsGuy]

Generic D, if only because the GOP doesn't have any very strong candidates

[eric82oslo]

finding a Generic R is going to be a lot harder to do than finding a generic D.

Ted Cruz is the very symbol of a Generic R isn't he? It's Ted Cruz type of obstructionism and extremism that is typical to Republicans in Congress as well as for the Tea Party grassroots.

[Cory]

Generic D. Colorado is hit or miss.

[© tweed]

finding a Generic R is going to be a lot harder to do than finding a generic D.

Ted Cruz is the very symbol of a Generic R isn't he? It's Ted Cruz type of obstructionism and extremism that is typical to Republicans in Congress as well as for the Tea Party grassroots.

he is not.  he is very idiosyncratic to say the least, and a lot of Congressional Republicans don't like him.

this is what I mean about the Generic R being hard to find.  most of the favorites at this time (Christie, Cruz, Paul) wouldn't qualify.  Jeb would be, but the surname cancels that idea.  Rubio might be the closest thing.  failing all of that, Romney is the closest once again, though he'd start with higher unfavorables than you'd like.

[Senate Minority Leader Lord Voldemort]

Generic R. Without Hillary, the Democrats are doomed.

What a joke.

Democrats have a much higher electoral college floor than Republicans. And the Republican party nationwide has significantly less approval ratings than the Democrats as a whole, which is a feat whilst having a Democratic president.

Generic D = 270
Generic R = 268

That's giving Republicans Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, Iowa, Colorado.
And giving Democrats Nevada, Virginia, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania.

[Bull Moose Base]

Generic D. Colorado is hit or miss.

I disagree on Florida where Democrats are 3-1-1 in the last 5 presidentials and in a month will be 3-1 in the last 4 gubernatorials. D's are slight favorites in 2016.

[MATTROSE94]

I guess that a good example of a generic Republican ticket would be Scott Walker/Susana Martinez, while a generic Democratic ticket would be Joe Biden/Mark Warner. If such a match-up were to occur, I would definitely give Scott Walker a slight edge.

[IceSpear]

I guess that a good example of a generic Republican ticket would be Scott Walker/Susana Martinez, while a generic Democratic ticket would be Joe Biden/Mark Warner. If such a match-up were to occur, I would definitely give Scott Walker a slight edge.

Joe Biden isn't really a generic Democrat since he's a national figure with bad ratings and a gaffe machine. It goes without saying why Susana Martinez is the furthest thing from "generic Republican".

I'd guess these would be some potential examples:

Mark Dayton vs. Pat McCrory
Kirsten Gillibrand vs. John Thune
Sheldon Whitehouse vs. Roger Wicker

[New_Conservative]

You people honestly believe that if O'Malley or Biden led a ticket they would win?

[New_Conservative]

You people honestly believe that if O'Malley or Biden led a ticket they would win?

If it were Mitt Romney. Then its the best chance of a repeat of the Reagan/Bush era. Mitt Romney can loose to O'Malley and Biden and Clinton and Quinn. I mean Anne Romney may have an emotional breakdown if her husband runs again and wins the Republican nod and then looses especially to one of those people whose name is not Clinton. A Jeb Bush/Mitt Romney ticket on the other hand would be very strong.

I can agree with this, but any moderate Republican that is not Mitt would beat either of those 2.

[KCDem]

Generic D because the Republicans running would all be loons.

[Rockefeller GOP]

Generic D because the Republicans running would all be loons.

Typical Atlas Democrat comment.  Who isn't a loon, hmm?  If you're not a liberal Democrat, you're a loon on here.

[KCDem]

Generic D because the Republicans running would all be loons.

Typical Atlas Democrat comment in polite society.  Who isn't a loon, hmm?  If you're not a liberal Democrat, you're a loon on here.

FTFY. Name me a non-loon Republican contender. The Republican platform is loony, so why would any standard bearer not be loony?

[BlueSwan]

Generic R. The democrats seems to need really stong candidates to win presidential elections, like Bill Clinton or Barack Obama (or Hillary Clinton, hopefully). A "generic D" would look more like a John Kerry or an Al Gore and neither of those could even beat George W. Bush, who really couldn't be considered a "strong" candidate - certainly a weaker candidate than Mitt Romney or John McCain who both lost to Obama.

Someone bland like Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Jeb Bush, etc. THAT type of "generic R", would probably beat a "generic D" candidate.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Hillary Clinton.

[Bull Moose Base]

If you're giving examples of which Republicans and Democrats are generic, you don't understand what the word generic means here. The other thing people seem unaware of is that the Democratic Party's net approval rating is 20-30 points higher than the GOP's.

[IceSpear]

The other thing people seem unaware of is that the Democratic Party's net approval rating is 20-30 points higher than the GOP's.

Indeed, I mentioned this fact earlier. But the GOP still leads in the generic congressional ballot despite this, so it doesn't seem very relevant.