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[Tekken_Guy]

Are Indianapolis suburbs more conservative than other "comparable" suburbs? 

Yes. But they’re still moving left like other suburbs. The Indiana Dems shouldn’t aim at winning Hamilton County outright as much as trying to dent Republican marginsnthere. The goal here is trying to get core Dem voters in the big cities and college towns to turn out.

[Tekken_Guy]

Dems should go after Susan Brooks. Her district contains the most Romney-Clinton voters by far. She’d be much easier to unseat than Walorski or Hollingsworth IMO.

[Tekken_Guy]

If Pete doesn’t become President the DSCC are going to be knocking on his doorstep on November 4th.

[Tekken_Guy]

Pete’s not a Bernie. I agree that he probably won’t beat Todd Young but he could make the race interesting, especially if the Indy suburbs turn hard against the GOP.

[Tekken_Guy]

do you guys think the gubernatorial contest could be at least mildly competitive?

General? No. Diego Morales getting 54% is the Republican floor statewide until something changes. And Democrats' ceiling might be 42%.

Primary? It can be. It'll be Braun and someone. Not sure who the someone is. Still early days.

McCormick running is the 2nd punt in a row from the Democrats on the Governor's race. She'll do better than Woody Myers simply because it would be hard to do worse, but she was a Republican until 2018/19. Democrats won't improve statewide until they stop losing more than half the states' counties 70-30. Even if they gain suburban Hamilton (Carmel), they're losing Lake, so in the end that's all a wash.

I think Democrats will put more time and money into Destiny Wells in the Attorney General race vs. probably Todd Rokita. They did this strategy in 2020 as well hoping to run against Curtis Hill and Republicans ousted Hill at their Convention. Rumors out there the same fate might befall Rokita at the Convention. Running against Rokita is a lot more up the modern Democratic Party's wheelhouse than the Governor race.

I don’t see any way Democrats lose Lake if they win Hamilton.