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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocrats need to vote for Thomas Massie in the GOP primary. Punch Trump.
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Massie defeating Trump would be a HUGE kick in the balls for trump. And it's KENTUCKY.
Do it.
Winning is all that matters.
JI7
(93,505 posts)Callie1979
(1,288 posts)JI7
(93,505 posts)In the general election people should vote for the Democratic candidate if there is one . But it's a district the Republicans will win so in the Primary it's better for Massie to win .
Catlady123
(41 posts)Lifelong kentuckian here. Massie will win the primary, imo. Ky is sometimes hard to figure out. We almost always choose a democratic governor.
Ky has an independent streak in it at times. Plus Massie fighting for the Epstein survivors has helped him.
Callie1979
(1,288 posts)Here in GA, whichever party you choose you're stuck with for any runoff; i.e. if you vote in the GOP primary you cant vote in the Democrat runoff. But they dont ask your affiliation when you vote.
Not sure if thats allowable in KY
But I'm VERY glad to hear from a lifelong resident & your opinion that he'll win. I REALLY want to shove that vote right up Trumps ass.
I really ope you're RIGHT!!
Like for MTG's seat; the Dem is a retied Marine officer, a farmer AND ran against her last time. So he's got name recognition. BUT it's a red area. If THAT seat flipped the GOP is well screwed.
Wanderlust988
(777 posts)Kentucky is not your typical, red southern state by any means. We are sometimes unpredictable. That's why Rand Paul and Massie don't catch a lot of blowback back home when they buck Trump.
It's also why I believe Beshear could flip Kentucky in the general in 2028 if he were the nominee. That would be 8 EV's that would never be available for any other Democrat.
CincyDem
(7,380 posts)As I talk to Dem friends involved in NKY politics, they describe the local republicans as rational
harkening back to a time where the goals were similar and differences were in the how. Theyre not in the burn it all down camp. Doesnt mean there arent example of that but their not going to blindly join the cult.
Just my 2 cents from the other side of the river.
FakeNoose
(41,270 posts)I'm talking about 50+ years ago, in the 60's and early 70's. I don't know whether that's still true. But my former in-laws moved down to Louisville from the Chicago area when GE built up a large Hotpoint factory. It was a major trend for a while, corporations moving employees and their families en masse to a new locale. So my point is that Louisville started on its trend of becoming a blue city, when they had this influx of northerners coming in.
Callie1979
(1,288 posts)'28 trump isnt on the ballot.