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If I were the Democrats, I'd pick an older conservative white male from the mid west or the south, and another older conservative white male from the mid west or the south as his running mate.
The only thing liberal about those candidates would be support for private sector (not public sector) unions.
If the Dems think they keep moving farther and farther to the left and have any kind of chance in 2020 or 2024 or 2028 or 2032 or ever, they are sadly mistaken.
They might have some hope, eventually, when the country has a majority of minorities, illegals and refugees. The problem will then be that there won't be enough working people to support all of those living off the dole.
Jim Webb, if the democrats run the socialists out of the party.
If not they have no chance.
EW and BS should be their own socialist party instead of hiding behind the democrat label.
Dems will need another novelty election winner to run and lose, so it would be among EW, Ellison, corey booker. No substance, just qualify a novelties to present for audience selection. No acceptable platform to offer, just objects from the novelty store.
Matters not as Trump will use the same election strategy of smear campaign and character assassination on whoever opposes him and his acolytes will suck up the lies and bs just as they did on this past election, end result Trump wins again in 2020.
Matters not as Trump will use the same election strategy of smear campaign and character assassination on whoever opposes him and his acolytes will suck up the lies and bs just as they did on this past election, end result Trump wins again in 2020.
Julian Castro. Depending upon his campaign promises, Republicans might vote for him if Trump has trouble delivering.
Republicans won't vote for Castro. He represents all that is wrong with Democrat party's race to the left. Republicans in the San Antonio area aren't fans of his, so not sure why you think he'd fare well in a national race.
Don't know if he's been mentioned yet but Virginia senator Mark Warner would be a good choice. He was a successful businessman, did a fine job as governor, and is a moderate common-sense democrat. So I guess that means he doesn't have a snowball's chance.
I mentioned him before- I think he actually would have a shot because while not far left he has not alienated portions of the base in the manner HRC had. I also have heard several people on both sides wanting a 'straight up the middle' kind of candidate to simply settle everyone down. I think the big upside for him is that NC is in the same spot now that Virginia was when he was able to break through. He could prove attractive in Georgia as well which Dems will need to play for if the Midwest is slipping.
The biggie for Dems is whether to try to simply let Trump rise/fall, to try to get more voters to the center (where there really is not much action) or to reclaim some of their voters to the left.
We all keep forgetting this election truly came down to about 200k votes in 3 states. That number can be found in disenfranchised folks who lean Dem as easily as anywhere.
Depends on what happens with Trump. If he royally meses everything up, then pretty much any candidate who sounds reasonable will beat him. If he royally helps the country, then it won't matter who the Democrats put up. Trumps' actions over the next few years will determine the outcome of 2020 - not the Democrat candidate.
Whomever the candidate, the D nominee is likely to get more votes than Donald Trump/Mike Pence, but whether they get them in the right portions by state to win is an open question. It will probably depend on how Trump or his successor rates with Independents. The cult will still be there, but that alone won't be enough.
Don't start counting your chickens...if the economy improves at a faster rate, family wages jobs are created and the GNP raises above 4% the democrats may have a fight on their hands without anything to criticize. The current stock market is a major indicator of possible things to come.
Remember democrats have 25 senators up for re-election and the republicans have only 8. Some of those democratic seats are in states that Trump won in the presidential election. So I suggest democrats don't get so excited about any change coming any time soon. In fact it may just get worst.
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