North Carolina race: the bellweather for Trump's future?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by TreeFrogTrader, Sep 11, 2019.

  1. The congressional race was repetitively touted by the lefty press as the "bellweather for Trump's future."

    I am going to go ahead and guess that because the republican just won after Trump campaigned for him, that they will stop saying that with a screeching halt as of sun-up today.



     
  2. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Republicans will now say this is proof of momentum. Democrats will say that this seat was supposed to be a sure thing and the fact that Republicans had to spend so much to win by a few points is proof of a lack of momentum.

    Both will have a narrative to push. Expect them to push it.
     
  3. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    whatever happened to that other election fraud investigation of ballot stuffing anyway? The repug hold his seat?
     
  4. Actually, because I have not followed it closely, I guess there two house elections in NC yesterday, which is probably why I scratched my head at one point seeing polls numbers looking so wacky over time. Two different races. But the pubs won both. Not just one.

    As discussed a minute ago, right on schedule, MSNBC comes along and tells viewers that Trump should not be happy. You coulda set your clock by it. Trump dealt with the victory by tweeting out about running for a third term- just to watch the lefty media explode. He works long days, and has gotta have some fun.

    Trump is far happier than he should be about North Carolina results



    http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-far-happier-he-should-be-about-north-carolina-results
     
  5. UsualName

    UsualName

    To go from +12 to +2 is quite a drop.
     
  6. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    Didn't Trump win that District by like 12 points? I think I heard that last week or something. Not much momentum there.
     
  7. We don't know. I have not followed it much but if he polled up higher and came in closer, well then so what? Just goes to show ya that polls can be bullshit and there is only one poll that counts in the end.

    Let that be a message for ya. There are dozens of polls out there showing that any bullshit dem candidate can beat trump by double digits in about any state. Ahh, not they can't. It is going to be a 50/50 race if Warren is the nominee but all these polls showing some of these loser dems beating trump anywhere and everywhere by double digits are just bullshit.


    So then, the NC races are not a bellweather for 2020 then as has been the lefty media mantra?

    I have conceded that I am not up on those races so could have some things wrong. Probably not as wrong as CNN and MSNBC were though.

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  8. UsualName

    UsualName

    Well we saw these types of runoffs be bell weathers for 2018. I’m calling it as observationally quite a drop, which it is.

    Democrats do keep settling themselves up for failure when there have been runoff’s in heavy Republican districts by making too much of their chances but then again what choice do they have? Got to go for it.

    Anyway, if Dems took that seat then where would republicans have been safe if not in a +12 district going into 2020?
     
  9. Who do the dems have to come in from the outside to help a dem candidate? Seriously. I dont know, just asking. Who did they bring in? Pelosi, Hillary, the usual Hollywood types? Obama- nope he aint getting dirty. Hard to bring some of those clowns in without doing more harm than good in a state like NC.
     
  10. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I'm not here to argue whether it was a good or bad result for either party. I'm just pointing out that, at this point in the game, both parties have becomes so predictable that the headline narrative should just be posted with the results when they are released.

    Kinda like:

    (name) wins election! If you are a republican, momentum is in your favor! If you are a democrat, you should rejoice that the results were so close, this proves republicans are losing momentum!

    And be done with it.
     
    #10     Sep 11, 2019