Bernie Derangement Syndrome Haver
freethinkingindy
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« on: February 23, 2024, 02:15:58 PM » |
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Here's my take:
Highly likely: Maryland - even without Hogan, there's no incumbent. Massachusetts - Warren is a chronic underperformer and a terrible fit for MA. Mississippi - Wicker has fairly high crossover appeal from Black voters (at least by Deep South standards). Utah - John Curtis will far outpoll Trump.
Somewhat likely: Arizona - Gallego is too progressive. California - if Garvey makes the runoff, otherwise N/A. Delaware - Blunt Rochester is not an incumbent and Biden will likely hold up well in his home state. Nebraska (regular and special) - both Fischer and Ricketts are less offensive to Omaha suburbanites. New Jersey - fatigue from Menendez corruption, and Kim and Murphy both could underperform some key parts of Biden's constituency. North Dakota - a nobody is running for the Democrats. Tennessee - Democrats are running Marquita Bradshaw. Wyoming - same as ND.
Unlikely but not impossible: Michigan - Slotkin will probably do better, but she may not be the nominee and she's not an incumbent. Indiana - open seat, so hard to say, although Banks will probably do better in the suburbs than Trump. West Virginia - the state loves Jim Justice, but do they love Trump even more? I'm not sure.
Highly unlikely:
Incumbent Democrats in the following states will have a higher degree of crossover appeal than Biden (varying levels): Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.
Incumbent Republicans in the following states are highly polarizing or near universally hated by everyone: Florida, Missouri, Texas.
What do you think?
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