What candidates would make typically safe D/R states more competitive?
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« on: March 25, 2017, 12:18:11 PM »
What are some candidates that would make states that are normally safe D or safe R more competitive? I'll start:

Charlie Baker, Republican governor of Massachusetts
MA would probably be lean D if Baker was the Republican candidate.
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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2017, 12:28:02 PM »
Steve Bullock and Montana.
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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2017, 12:29:24 PM »
Basically Bullock and Baker.  If a Dem Gov gets through in AZ or GA next year, they could win that state in 2020.
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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2017, 12:45:13 PM »
Quote from: DPKdebator on March 25, 2017, 12:18:11 PM
What are some candidates that would make states that are normally safe D or safe R more competitive? I'll start:

Charlie Baker, Republican governor of Massachusetts
MA would probably be lean D if Baker was the Republican candidate.

Susana Martinez would make NM close, Steve Beshear would make Kentucky closer, Joe Manchin would make WV Lean R.
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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2017, 04:09:12 PM »
Lol@ the idea that Baker can (1) win the Republican nomination, and (2) make MA competitive.
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« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2017, 06:12:24 PM »
Bernie could potentially win Alaska.
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« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2017, 03:24:33 AM »

lol no.
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« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2017, 05:03:42 AM »

He is absolutely going to win Alaska - Alaska is turning bluer & Hillary was a terrible fit, Bernie had like 81% odd of the vote there vs Hillary - Alaska will be a swing state in 10-15 years !
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« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2017, 03:49:24 PM »
Everyone thought Clinton would be a good fit for AZ and FL, and obviously that wasn't the case.  

Same scenario applies for 2020 as 2016; 266 Electors for Booker/Tulsi Gabbard (WI, MI, PA light blue states) and 235 for Trump/Pence (rounding out Iowa, Ohio and Virginia as the purple states)
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« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2017, 06:14:53 PM »
John Bel Edwards could potentially make Louisiana more competitive, but I don't know if he could on a national level against a Republican.
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« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2017, 07:36:26 PM »
I actually can understand why some might think Bernie could do well in Alaska. Alaska is one of those states with a strong independent streak. As a democratic outsider he could do well to gain some of the voters who usually vote third party there. Alaska was in fact the only state to trend blue in 2012. I don't know if he'd win but I wouldn't be surprised if he broke 45% there.
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« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2017, 05:52:40 AM »
Quote from: AndrewCA🌹 on March 25, 2017, 05:28:33 PM
Sanders could potentially break 40% in West Virginia if he put resources there and actively visited the state.

A carbon tax, of course, being the campaign plank that Appalachia has been calling out for for some time.
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