Person Furthest to the Left that Could Get the GOP Presidential Nomination in 2024? (voters, campaign)
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I was just reading an old op-ed in the Baltimore Sun about Larry Hogan and this question popped in my head. It might have something to do with also reading a list of top 10 Republicans most likely to run and Hogan being on it.
I don't think Hogan will get the nomination, but I do think it's possible. The way it could happen is if the opposite of the 2016 primaries happens. Back then the establishment Republican vote split among numerous candidates while the populist vote largely unified around Trump. For 2024, if there are a bunch of Trump-style candidates running (including Trump himself, but especially if Donald decided not to run), and there was only one establishment favored candidate (like a Hogan), then the populist vote might get splintered enough to allow an establishment candidate to win. At this time I think that scenario is unlikely but not out of the realm of possibility.
But, honestly, the Republicans in 2024 probably won't need to nominate a moderate to win if Biden/Democrats are very unpopular by then. In 2008 they really had to get a moderate because by then Americans were tired of Republicans. In 2012 they needed a moderate because Obama was still relatively popular. By 2016, though, Obama and Democrats and Clinton were unpopular enough to make it possible for a more further right candidate to win. In 2024, if Democrats are still unpopular, then they'll be in the position that Republicans were in in 2008 and 2012, but I don't think there's any chance they'll go moderate. So, I think a Republican would be favored to win in 2024 no matter who it is.
No one. Anyone leaning left is done, including many of the Democrats. Look at the news! Look at the prices on everything! Leaning left is done.
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Running with the label of being "most on the left" in either political party would be as popular as The Bubonic Plague.
With the disasters of Biden and the left, every politician is going to be running from being labeled as "left leaning" , as the citizens have shown that they despise the current administration and all of its leftist policies.
NO DEMOCRAT would ever vote for a republican, even if they were "left leaning" and very few republicans would support them either. So there would be no advantage whatsoever to assume such a political stance. You would be alienated by your own party and shunned by the other party at the same time.
NO DEMOCRAT would ever vote for a republican, even if they were "left leaning" and very few republicans would support them either.
I disagree, as shown by the Biden voters who voted for Youngkin in Virginia. A moderate Republican could pick up a significant fraction of centrist Democrats who are turned off by Donald Trump but don't like the radical woke left either. Especially if Biden is too old/sick/dead to run in 2024 and Harris is the nominee.
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I disagree, as shown by the Biden voters who voted for Youngkin in Virginia. A moderate Republican could pick up a significant fraction of centrist Democrats who are turned off by Donald Trump but don't like the radical woke left either. Especially if Biden is too old/sick/dead to run in 2024 and Harris is the nominee.
This is a false narrative .
Youngkin got 300,000 less votes than Trump, Youngkin didnt even match Trumps numbers in Virginia Beach even though Youngkin won it and Trump lost it.
The only area in the entire state where Youngkin got better numbers than Trump was Rural western Virignia.
I mean, im sure there is some Biden Youngkin voter somewhere, but there is no data suggesting that his how Youngkin won.
I disagree, as shown by the Biden voters who voted for Youngkin in Virginia. A moderate Republican could pick up a significant fraction of centrist Democrats who are turned off by Donald Trump but don't like the radical woke left either. Especially if Biden is too old/sick/dead to run in 2024 and Harris is the nominee.
Right............................. Romney and McCain were "leftist republicans". How many democrats voted for them?
The reason Youngkin won in Virginia was that the democrats had embraced far left CRT lunacy and scared the crap out of parents, who for once stood up to the far left liberals. Make no mistake of it, MOST of those same democrat parents will vote democrat in the next election cycle, even if Jesus Christ ran as the republican.
There is no way in hell that ANY democrat will support a republican; thus a republican who "leans left" in an attempt to attract democrat voters will not get any democrat or republican voters.
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