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« on: December 13, 2017, 02:32:54 PM »

Gary Palmer would be a smart recruit for the GOP to target.  He could substantially cut into Jones' margins in Jefferson County, since that's his Congressional district.

Yes that is my thoughts as well.
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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2017, 02:42:35 PM »

Primary will probably be Brooks vs. Roby. I expect Brooks wins.

Will be interesting to see if Dems play the long game here. Putting resources into Alabama statewide in the gubernatorial election and legislative races could pose a major threat to the state's rampant voter suppression operation, and be one of the lasting legacies of the Trump era.

The Democrats should be playing the long game period here. There is certainly a potential for a ascendant coalition in some of these states when you combine the solid floor of the minority vote, with Millenial whites and college educated suburbanites turned off by the Republican Party. Just consider this, GA starts off almost 10% closer in Presidential years than Alabama. It also has that automatic voter registration thing now. States don't vote, people do. The current political leanings of these states is because of white baby boomers being so Republican. Younger whites are less Republican and younger voters are less white.

I should note that the South has generally been a generation or two behind the rest of the country on trends be it cities voting Republican in mid 20th century, suburbs in 2000's etc, so it stands to reason that Republicans could have a similar decline to what that they experienced in the 1990's in other parts of the country.

Republicans are also going to help with this transition by alienating people with their tactics as they begin to feel their power slipping.
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