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Related: About this forumAnalysis: Virginia's election serves as a road map for 2018 congressional races
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Analysis | Virginias election serves as a road map for 2018 congressional races
By Paul Kane November 4 at 5:34 PM
A year out from the 2018 midterm elections, the two major parties are furiously cramming to learn everything they can about the nations political climate in Virginia, home to Tuesdays hotly contested governors race and several congressional battleground contests next year.
Governors races are not a perfect match for gleaning the electoral mood in federal races a year from now, but Democrats and Republicans are monitoring key themes in Virginia and theyre ready to adapt, depending on the outcome.
Regardless of the victors Tuesday, some national strategies have already come into focus. Democrats will try to paint Republican incumbents as the incompetent, dysfunctional leaders of a Congress that did not fulfill President Trumps promise to focus on the forgotten men and women of the working class.
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A Gillespie victory might suggest that {Senator Tim Kaine} is in more trouble than most expect in his likely contest against Trump supporter Corey Stewart, but he is not waiting for Tuesdays results. ... Im running like Im endangered Im an endangered species, Kaine said. I run all my races that way.
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By Paul Kane November 4 at 5:34 PM
A year out from the 2018 midterm elections, the two major parties are furiously cramming to learn everything they can about the nations political climate in Virginia, home to Tuesdays hotly contested governors race and several congressional battleground contests next year.
Governors races are not a perfect match for gleaning the electoral mood in federal races a year from now, but Democrats and Republicans are monitoring key themes in Virginia and theyre ready to adapt, depending on the outcome.
Regardless of the victors Tuesday, some national strategies have already come into focus. Democrats will try to paint Republican incumbents as the incompetent, dysfunctional leaders of a Congress that did not fulfill President Trumps promise to focus on the forgotten men and women of the working class.
....
A Gillespie victory might suggest that {Senator Tim Kaine} is in more trouble than most expect in his likely contest against Trump supporter Corey Stewart, but he is not waiting for Tuesdays results. ... Im running like Im endangered Im an endangered species, Kaine said. I run all my races that way.
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Analysis: Virginia's election serves as a road map for 2018 congressional races (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2017
OP
everyone wants to make every election a roadmap for 2018, the fact is simple if
beachbum bob
Nov 2017
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beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)1. everyone wants to make every election a roadmap for 2018, the fact is simple if
democrats get out and actually vote WE WIN,
if they don't, WE LOSE
CurtEastPoint
(18,644 posts)2. And there is no guarantee that this will be a predictor.
Yonnie3
(17,441 posts)3. It is interesting to consider such things, but ...
I don't believe that this race will be very predictive of the races in a year. Sure, strategies can be tested, but the electorate has short memories and the political climate can change rapidly making those strategies ineffective.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)4. What analysis' fail to realize is that the GOPs do steal, rig, cheat
I believe Northam will win, but if t-rump like wins, it's because of the above mentioned. Dems need to find ways of overcoming it. Also, I'm sick and tired of "forgotten men and women" of the working class bullshit. In my opinion it's not true. Dem's have always including working class of all races.