02-27-2020, 09:59 PM
(02-27-2020, 08:48 PM)hollodero Wrote: That seems to be a perfectly valid point.
Just - the alternative is Bernie. Who might excite voters, but also turn those conservatives in the suburbs away. I'd figure this effect might very well cancel out the mobilization effect. you would know more about that than me though.
As for excitement and mobilization, one could argue that Trump does enough work in that regard. Even if one does not get excited about Biden, when Trump's the alternative, wouldn't many still vote for him anyways?
(And I know Clinton ran against Trump as well - but I'd figure many still thought of Trump as maybe being not that awful or growing with the job.)
Democrats outnumber Republicans in this country. This is why Democrats focus so much on getting voters out to the polls and Republicans try to suppress the vote. The idea that Democrats need to court the moderate Republican vote to win is fallacious for this reason. If you have a Democratic candidate that excites the Democratic base enough, then the moderate Republicans aren't needed.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
