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Question: Will any Democratic candidates convert to Islam to get a boost?
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« on: March 11, 2017, 12:31:10 AM »

As we've learned from someone, being a Muslim is a huge bonus in a Democratic primary:

This thread is stupid but she could absolutely be a serious candidate for president. Not in 2020 but maybe in 2024 after she actually wins an office. Being a Muslim is like +20 bonus points in a Democratic primary. The problem is though there aren't a lot of Muslim politicians, as there just aren't a lot of Muslims, and most of the ones we do have are too fresh off the boat to be taken seriously as politicians. As soon as someone comes along who is Muslim, can speak good English, and hasn't said anything more than vaguely pro-terrorism, the Democrats will beg them to run for president.

So might any candidates try to take advantage of this by converting to Islam? Like by this logic, if say Cory Booker became a Muslim, he'd basically lock the nomination up. 20 bonus points would be hard to top.
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
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« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2017, 06:25:27 AM »

How ridiculous to think that politicians would claim to "evolve" on a fairly clear-cut ideological issue for political expedience. Roll Eyes

Wow a post just as stupid as the one quoted in the OP!
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
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« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2017, 10:43:33 AM »


I'm not the one who determined being a Muslim is worth 20 points in a Dem primary.
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
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« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2017, 11:45:30 PM »

Thing is, he's not wrong. I think that a Muslim Democratic primary candidate for Congress in San Francisco, Portland or Seattle would be a lock in a divided field at this point as long as they were reasonably articulate.

This clearly does not apply at the national level but, where the stakes are lower and every Democratic primary voter is "liberal" in a more traditional sense, having more visibility as a "POC" or as a Muslim is clearly an advantage.

I know it was more than ten years ago now, but Keith Ellison being a Muslim definitely did not boost him. It's probably what kept him under 50% in the primary that he should've run away with (weak opponents and the convention endorsement that gave him access to DFL internal data), and meant that he won the general with a measley 55% with an Independence Party candidate pulling over 20%. Granted his baggage at the time went way beyond simply being a Muslim and everyone quit caring about it once he took office and it became clear he was nothing like that anymore, but it's really tough to argue that anyone specifically voted for him BECAUSE of that and that he got any boost due to that than if he had simply been Generic Black Guy Democratic State Rep.
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