WalterMitty (R) vs. Howard Dean (D)

[MaC]

Dean doesn't want to piss off Muslims overseas and fuch up Iraq plus he's pro gun.  Definitely Dean, although I'd easily vote for him if a standard dullard LP member ran.

[MaC]

The funny thing is, imagine someone the exact opposite of Walter. They'd be a pretty killer candidate.

Pro-union, pro-gun, socially conservative, anti-war? Very winning combo. Sounds like Brad Ellsworth, who beat a 6 term incumbent with over 60% in a district Bush also carried with over 60%. Walter probably has the worst possible alignment of views for a candidate.

I don't know if pro-union would necessarily help things.  There's probably equally as much hatred for unions in this country as there is support.  This is not the 1960s.

[MaC]

But plenty of union voters actually vote on this issue. Walter is basically the only person in the country who has socially liberal and economically leftist views but still votes Republican out of sheer hatred of unions. Anti-union people usually don't let it influence their voting that much. Much pro-gun vs. anti-gun voters actually.

meh, as long as your candidate says absolutely nothing of abortions

[MaC]

Then there's the people who just vote for whoever has an "R" next to their name, which is enough to carry much of the Midwest and South.

Thats why I chose option 2. I'd vote for Dean but Mitty would win because he's a Republican. To most people, it won't matter what is beliefs are.

If that were true, the Republicans would automatically win every election. See last election.

Yes, there are lots of people who automatically vote for whoever the Republican (and Democrat) is, but they don't make up a majority of the population.

Just look at the electoral map. Dean would carry every Kerry state against a pro-war candidate, and would definitely carry Ohio in the current political climate there against someone with Mitty's views, plus WV for sure, the single worst possible state for WalterMitty, there's others too but that's already enough to give Dean the win.

id win mn, wi, and nh

i could come close in ct and nj

nah, Minnesota's too pro-union and anti-war.
New Hampshire is too pro-gun

[MaC]

id win mn, wi, and nh

LOL! Do you know crap about my state? It's very pro-union and pro-gun and currently strongly anti-war. In what way do you have more appeal here than Bush? Same with Wisconsin. NH is also very pro-gun.

I thought there were quite a lot restrictions and gun laws in Minnesota?