My hope is that there will be a good mix of independents leaning to the Democratic side and discouraged Republicans who don't come out and vote.

Of course, making sure Trump isn't re-elected is critical - but the importance of the House, Senate, and state legislatures is not far behind that.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

25. It's still almost a 3:1 ratio of TraitorGOP vs Democrats

Reply to whopis01 (Reply #24)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 03:20 PM

Jun 2020

Music Man

(1,184 posts)

2. Woot woot!

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 11:22 AM

Jun 2020

Good news. Hopefully this forecasts the fall Senate race. Kentuckians can be weird, though, by electing Democrats locally but Republicans federally.

I can't imagine Kentucky flipping the legislature altogether, but especially in a re-districting year, it's important that we keep picking up as many state legislature seats as possible.

mucifer

(23,545 posts)

3. was it a special election? sorry for the ignorance on my part

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 11:24 AM

Jun 2020

cojoel

(957 posts)

6. yes it was a special election

Reply to mucifer (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 11:30 AM

Jun 2020

madeup64

(257 posts)

28. Encouraging

Reply to cojoel (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 10:39 AM

Jul 2020

Although I'm sure the primary played a part special elections are usually low turnout affairs that favor Republicans.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

4. Yay! .. .

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 11:24 AM

Jun 2020

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

5. Hot damn!!!

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 11:26 AM

Jun 2020

Glorious news this morning!!

Bayard

(22,075 posts)

7. Here's hoping we're on a roll!

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 11:37 AM

Jun 2020

Politicub

(12,165 posts)

8. Now *that's* a poll that matters.

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 12:09 PM

Jun 2020

It's great seeing Biden ahead in opinion polls, but even better to see such a strong showing by democrats in the primaries.

barbtries

(28,795 posts)

9. this validates my belief that his base is eroding.

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 12:16 PM

Jun 2020

I've believed this since the beginning because nobody wants a crisis a day. One heinous, corrupt, illegal, immoral, disgusting, heartbreaking, stupid thing after another.

It's very encouraging. Maybe McConnell will lose. That would be a blessing by itself.

ProfessorGAC

(65,042 posts)

10. There Was A Poll, Last Friday...

Reply to barbtries (Reply #9)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 12:20 PM

Jun 2020

...that showed 40% approval, but 27% strongly approve.
3 out of 11 polled strongly approve.
There's the base, and it's not likely to erode further.
But, the 13% who "somewhat" approve could slip further. Then, the "base" is what it is, but the overall approval still falls.

barbtries

(28,795 posts)

15. yeah.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #10)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 01:05 PM

Jun 2020

it seems that somewhere around the 30% mark there are his die hard cultists who think he's god basically and will not be swayed no matter what. not enough to win an election, as long as we GOTV.

ProfessorGAC

(65,042 posts)

17. +1

Reply to barbtries (Reply #15)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 01:14 PM

Jun 2020

And convince half of that other 13%. Get approval down to 33.5% and that should even be cheat proof.

jaxexpat

(6,831 posts)

11. It is not imprudent to see this as a sign of a forthcoming trend.

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 12:21 PM

Jun 2020

IronLionZion

(45,442 posts)

12. Amy McGrath has flipped Moscow Mitch's Senate seat

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 12:21 PM

Jun 2020

is the headline we need next from Kentucky. Let's make it happen

Cha

(297,240 posts)

26. This is from Amy McGrath's email..

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #12)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 06:03 PM

Jun 2020

Remember this: Last November, Kentuckians didn’t hesitate to replace an incompetent and unpopular incumbent Republican. This November, we’re going to do it one more time.