CA-SEN 2018: What would a Feinstein-Eisen runoff look like?

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If Eisen advances to face Feinstein, it would be the first D vs. D statewide race that isn't for an open seat. What would such a race look like? I always wondered what it would be like.

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Republicans I know would reluctantly vote for Feinstein because they don't want a more left wing Senator. I'm an independent who tends to vote GOP. I would also vote for Feinstein over Eisen.

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Eisen will run as a Democrat. He would likely lose the GOP vote by a wide margin.

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Eisen will run as a Democrat. He would likely lose the GOP vote by a wide margin.

He said he would run as an Independent.

So "Stuttering John" Melendez is the only "official Democrat" other than Feinstein who already filed?

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Eisen will run as a Democrat. He would likely lose the GOP vote by a wide margin.

He said he would run as an Independent.

I'm pretty sure he's said conflicting things about what he'd run as.

His website says he's running as an independent. http://eisen2018.com/

It looks like independent. Has anyone found anything with the FEC yet?

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Would Feinstein win every county? If not, which ones does Eisen win?

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The only people I can imagine actually giving Feinstein a run for the money are:

Kamala Harris (already Senator)
Ro Khanna (just beat Mike Honda for a House Seat)
Hilda Solis (not going for it and would be a YUGE dark-horse)

And besides Harris (who is already Senator), none of them would really come all that close...probably about the same margin as Kentucky 2014 if lucky.

Khanna and Solis won't run. None of the serious Democrats want to burn bridges in the party by running against Feinstein. Would Eisen win a few counties, or would Feinstein win them all?

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I can't see conservatives voting for anyone to the left of Feinstein. I think most Republicans would stay home or hold their nose and vote for Feinstein only because the other candidate is to Feinstein's left.

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I can't see conservatives voting for anyone to the left of Feinstein. I think most Republicans would stay home or hold their nose and vote for Feinstein only because the other candidate is to Feinstein's left.

Conservatives in West Virginia voted for Bernie Sanders by virtue of him not being Hillary Clinton.

But I'm talking about a general election, which actually puts a candidate into office. Would those WV voters have voted for Bernie had he won the nomination, or would they still have voted for the GOP nominee? I mean you would actually vote for 311's singer over Feinstein.

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I can't see conservatives voting for anyone to the left of Feinstein. I think most Republicans would stay home or hold their nose and vote for Feinstein only because the other candidate is to Feinstein's left.

Conservatives in West Virginia voted for Bernie Sanders by virtue of him not being Hillary Clinton.

But I'm talking about a general election, which actually puts a candidate into office. Would those WV voters have voted for Bernie had he won the nomination, or would they still have voted for the GOP nominee? I mean you would actually vote for 311's singer over Feinstein.

Protest votes don't always make sense outside of them not being the other candidate. I wouldn't bank on Eisen winning conservative protest votes in the general, but it's a possibility that shouldn't be completely tossed out.

Exactly. Isn't WV one of the few states where Obama lost counties in the 2012 Democratic primary? Even in most deep-red states Obama won every county in his own party's primary.

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I can't see conservatives voting for anyone to the left of Feinstein. I think most Republicans would stay home or hold their nose and vote for Feinstein only because the other candidate is to Feinstein's left.

Conservatives in West Virginia voted for Bernie Sanders by virtue of him not being Hillary Clinton.

But I'm talking about a general election, which actually puts a candidate into office. Would those WV voters have voted for Bernie had he won the nomination, or would they still have voted for the GOP nominee? I mean you would actually vote for 311's singer over Feinstein.

No, I'm willing to bet around half of Bernie's WV primary voters would've voted for the Republican nominee even if Bernie was the Democratic nominee.

Had those conservative Democrats not voted in the WV primary, Would Hillary Clinton have won the state's Democratic primary?