Which republican will win DC?

[The Chill Moderate Republican]

Somewhere over the rainbow


I only think anyone will win DC if the economy collapses harder then it did in the great depression

[Medal506]

None. No republican has ever won DC

[Liberalrocks]

Or ever will.

[The Chill Moderate Republican]

This thread is just a joke, guys

[Liberalrocks]

This thread is just a joke, guys

With atlas I've found you never can be quite sure lol.

[Kingpoleon]

2028: Mayor David Catania*/Fmr. Governor Charlie Baker vs. Senator Caroline Fayard**/Governor Richard Lindsey*

*Elected in 2018
**Elected in 2022 after Kennedy retired

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Kanye West R/ Susan Collins R vs Joe Manchin D/ John Bel Edwards D in 2024 if Trump is reelected.

[The Arizonan]

Or ever will.

What about in one hundred years?

The South was deep Democratic and now it is mostly Republican.

[OSR stands with Israel]

If Nixon couldnt win it in 1972 , and Reagan couldnt win it in 1984 I dont see it going GOP in at least 100 years.

[SoLongAtlas]

Not for many, many decades if ever at all. DC is a city (strike 1), has heavy minority populations that vote Dem (strike 2), and has rich Georgetown types as well as white yuppie/hipsters (but older) gentrifying the area like crazy and leaning left while making a ton of money (wealthy neolibs) (strike 3).

3 strikes and you're out GOP. I can't foresee a Repub winning DC unless they seriously moderate Huntsman style and they will still lose it 60/40 or so.

[Dereich]

Not for many, many decades if ever at all. DC is a city (strike 1), has heavy minority populations that vote Dem (strike 2), and has rich Georgetown types as well as white yuppie/hipsters (but older) gentrifying the area like crazy and leaning left while making a ton of money (wealthy neolibs) (strike 3).

3 strikes and you're out GOP. I can't foresee a Repub winning DC unless they seriously moderate Huntsman style and they will still lose it 60/40 or so.

I'm not sure I agree with your third strike there. Rich whites as a group aren't exactly unreachable for the GOP with the right candidate. I think the bigger issue is that 200,000 people in DC work directly for the federal government and many more have work indirectly affected by the Feds. As long as the GOP remains the party that wants to cut Federal jobs they won't win elections in the place that'll be hit way harder than any other.

[Beet]

New York City elected Republican mayors so D.C. could. Also - a Trump supporter was already elected statewide to the Board of Education last year.

[SoLongAtlas]

Not for many, many decades if ever at all. DC is a city (strike 1), has heavy minority populations that vote Dem (strike 2), and has rich Georgetown types as well as white yuppie/hipsters (but older) gentrifying the area like crazy and leaning left while making a ton of money (wealthy neolibs) (strike 3).

3 strikes and you're out GOP. I can't foresee a Repub winning DC unless they seriously moderate Huntsman style and they will still lose it 60/40 or so.

I'm not sure I agree with your third strike there. Rich whites as a group aren't exactly unreachable for the GOP with the right candidate. I think the bigger issue is that 200,000 people in DC work directly for the federal government and many more have work indirectly affected by the Feds. As long as the GOP remains the party that wants to cut Federal jobs they won't win elections in the place that'll be hit way harder than any other.

Agreed with the federal employment part. The reason I added the third strike was that while some of those might vote for say a Huntsman type or a neo-Rockefeller (which wouldn't get the nom in today's GOP), the majority of wealthy folks and gentrified younger white voters in DC are liberal or neo-liberal. This is on a presidential level.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

What if there's a ballot error with the Democratic candidate missing?

Or what if in a 269-269 tie the DC electors are bribed to go faithless and elect the Republican candidate?