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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 11:58 AM Dec 2019

With More Than a 12-Pack of Choices, Undecideds Want Beer with Yang

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To be clear about this: The undecideds are still undecided. No one is now 100% committed to supporting Yang, a first-time candidate, in the upcoming Feb. 3, 2020 caucuses. But many in the group of Iowans--recruited by Essman Research in West Des Moines--said that Yang has captured their recent attention more than the other candidates.
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"Something very sincere about the way he levels with you when he’s talking to you," said Ann Rezarch, 66 of Ames, who retired from the Department of Human Services and considers herself a "very liberal" person.

While her fascination with Yang has increased, Rezarch admits that she has had her eye on Yang for a while. "I’ve liked him secretly all along (laughs)," she said, "...he could be the one that I would end up caucusing for. I haven’t decided for sure."

Pascha Morgan, who works for the non-profit organization Creative Visions in Des Moines, also finds himself watching Yang. "He is brilliant. The man is brilliant," Morgan said.
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https://whotv.com/2019/12/20/with-more-than-a-12-pack-of-choices-undecideds-want-beer-with-yang/amp


If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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With More Than a 12-Pack of Choices, Undecideds Want Beer with Yang (Original Post) redqueen Dec 2019 OP
what Yang gains in appeal, he loses in organization... brooklynite Dec 2019 #1
 

brooklynite

(94,602 posts)
1. what Yang gains in appeal, he loses in organization...
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 12:05 PM
Dec 2019

Candidates win in Iowa with ground operations. Polling is an expression of future intent, but it isn't confirmed until people show up at a Caucus site on a cold February night and stick around for 2-3 hours of frequently boring (to non-activists) political arcania. You need Precinct Captains and volunteers to round up your supporters. keep them there and prevent them from being poached by someone else.

Right now, Warren has the best ground operation in Iowa and Buttigieg is a close second. Yang doesn't have the resources in place to pull off a significant showing.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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