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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe leader of California's Republican Party has a strategy for success: Never mention Trump
If the leader of the California Republican Party had her way, GOP candidates in this state would never mention President Trumps name.
Not that Jessica Millan Patterson is trashing Trump its hard to imagine a state Republican leader badmouthing a GOP president but she devours the polls like every political pro. And polls consistently show that throughout most of California, Trumps name is dirt.
The latest poll by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found that among likely voters, 94% of Democrats and 57% of independents disapprove of Trumps job performance. It was approved by 84% of Republicans, but theyve become increasingly scarce in California.
So for any Republican candidate running in a competitive district against a Democrat, warmly embracing the unpopular president would be a vote-killer.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-02/skelton-jessica-patterson-california-republican-party-future
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Lancaster sure is supporting shithole and especially the "wall".
riversedge
(70,239 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,660 posts)Johonny
(20,851 posts)It's like they don't exist anymore. Particularly around me. We used to be a swing district. I couldn't tell you the name of the person running for any state or local seat from that party. They're dead here.
DFW
(54,388 posts)It still doesn't prevent Democratic candidates pounding Republicans over the head with Trump at every opportunity.
"Do you support your candidate for President in his re-election effort? No? Why not? Aren't you a Republican? Well, then what's wrong with your president? Oh. That much, huh? Then WHY THE HELL are you running as his party's candidate?"