Doug Jones 2020

[Lord Admirale]

Let's say Doug Jones defeats Roy Moore. How well would Senator Jones do against Donald Trump in 2020?

[TheSaint250]

Here come the "He's a corporate shill" posts

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

doug jones isnt bernie sanders or warren so i hate him

[AtorBoltox]

Peak Atlas. An obscure senate candidate who hasn't even won anything yet is already being touted a presidential candidate

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

He needs to embrace the platform of Justice Democrats to win then drop out of the race to endorse yours truly. I know how to win and why toddlers should run free and touch each others genitals.

Jones needs to support single payer.

lol ok then hed just be copying bernie.

why get the imitation when you can run the original?

[NewYorkExpress]

It's a moot point. He's not beating Moore.

If Moore was running in say, Georgia I could see this as possible, but not in Alabama.

[Progressive]

I would love to see the end of this TL before the Trump/Sessions/Moore committee on homosexuality sentences me to death!

[GoTfan]

He wouldn't make it past Iowa.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

348-190

[pbrower2a]

He would not be ready for a Presidential race.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

I think OP is aware that Jones won't be the 2020 nominee. They just want to know what we think a Doug Jones vs Trump election would look like

[Figueira]

Short answer: No
Long answer: No.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

This is, of course, a ridiculous scenario.

But if we assume that by some miracle, Jones manages to win his Senate race, and then by some other miracle manages to win the Democratic nomination in 2020, I think he would be competitive versus Trump. I'm not so sure he puts the Deep South (other than Georgia) in play though, simply because he's from Alabama.

[Friend]

Yeah of course Jones/JBE 2020. Two southerners like in 92. /End sarcasm Do people really think blue dogs will be any where near the national ticket in 2020? Have they looked at the Democratic electorate anytime in the last 20 years?

[Lord Admirale]

Yeah of course Jones/JBE 2020. Two southerners like in 92. /End sarcasm Do people really think blue dogs will be any where near the national ticket in 2020? Have they looked at the Democratic electorate anytime in the last 20 years?

As we know, the Democratic electorate in the last 20 years just hates moderates/blue dogs.

Look at how awful Bill Clinton and Al Gore did!

On a serious note, did I ever say that I wanted Doug Jones to run? This was speaking purely hypothetically. There are some threads on KANYE WEST running.

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Let's say Doug Jones defeats Roy Moore. How well would Senator Jones do against Donald Trump in 2020?

He does well until Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny announce they're running.

[LetsTalkElections]

To be completely honest I think Trump would win over 350 E.V.s against Doug jones.

[Thunderbird is the word]

If Jones does pull off an upset in Alabama which has been off-limits to Democrats at the statewide level for at least a generation I could see him gaining a few moments in the spotlight and possibly getting on the shortlist for VP in 2020. I think it would be similar to when Scott Brown won in MA in 2010. Of course like Brown if he wins he'll be lucky the next time he runs for reelection in a non-special election to hold onto his seat since really the only reason he'll have won in Alabama would be due to Moore being an unusually horrendous candidate like how Martha Coackley was or Todd Akin for that matter.

[BlueDogDemocrat]

His best case scenario would be to be a vp pick and even that is huge stretch. He might get a lot of media attention if he wins but that doesn't mean he would get the support of the party running for the nomination. He maybe could win a few southern states in the primaries but I don't see any realistic way he wins the nominations.

[Fuzzy Bear]

A failed Alabama Senate candidate from three years ago would play very well in a Presidential election, I'm sure.

Abraham Lincoln says, "Hi!".

But, yes, that was then and this is now.

[GoTfan]

A failed Alabama Senate candidate from three years ago would play very well in a Presidential election, I'm sure.

Abraham Lincoln says, "Hi!".

But, yes, that was then and this is now.

Lincoln also had national recognition.

[AtorBoltox]

A failed Alabama Senate candidate from three years ago would play very well in a Presidential election, I'm sure.

Abraham Lincoln says, "Hi!".

The phrase 'Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy' comes to mind when reading this comparison

[SWE]

Yeah of course Jones/JBE 2020. Two southerners like in 92. /End sarcasm Do people really think blue dogs will be any where near the national ticket in 2020? Have they looked at the Democratic electorate anytime in the last 20 years?

By what standard is Doug Jones a blue dog? Based on what I've read of his website and Wikipedia article, he seems like he'd at least be to the left of the median Democratic Senator (which doesn't say a lot, but still, a far cry from Blue Dog)

[Mr. Smith]

Yeah of course Jones/JBE 2020. Two southerners like in 92. /End sarcasm Do people really think blue dogs will be any where near the national ticket in 2020? Have they looked at the Democratic electorate anytime in the last 20 years?

By what standard is Doug Jones a blue dog? Based on what I've read of his website and Wikipedia article, he seems like he'd at least be to the left of the median Democratic Senator (which doesn't say a lot, but still, a far cry from Blue Dog)

Indeed, he's like Scott Brown in Massachusetts compared to Kay Bailey Hutchison (Kirsten Gillibrand) or Lindsey Graham (Tim Kaine).

[RINO Tom]

Yeah of course Jones/JBE 2020. Two southerners like in 92. /End sarcasm Do people really think blue dogs will be any where near the national ticket in 2020? Have they looked at the Democratic electorate anytime in the last 20 years?

By what standard is Doug Jones a blue dog? Based on what I've read of his website and Wikipedia article, he seems like he'd at least be to the left of the median Democratic Senator (which doesn't say a lot, but still, a far cry from Blue Dog)

Indeed, he's like Scott Brown in Massachusetts compared to Kay Bailey Hutchison (Kirsten Gillibrand) or Lindsey Graham (Tim Kaine).

I think a lot of people assume all White Southern Democrats elected (not Jones quite yet, but you get the point) from the Deep South have got to be the same, which obviously ignores a history of some rather "liberal" Democrats from the region back in the day.