@lxeagle17 I feel like his shtick works better with low-propensity voters anyway. If youโre gonna vote in a midterm youโre probably more informed, and you probably can realize that Osborn is not being real honest
@vanillaopinions It may be because the Iowa Senate campaign has been very unusually kind. I remember reading about the debate and the candidates just didnโt have any messy exchanges at all. Itโs probably why IA also has the most popular GOP candidate
@sable98677@BeshearStan Itโs not going to align perfectly with the 2024 electorate for 2 reasons
1) The electorate is going to be more blue. In fact, the 2026 electorate probably would have elected Harris.
2) People lie to pollsters about who they voted for before.
@ettingermentum And many people are waiting around, salivating at the thought of this moment manifesting. Many of those who work with Mamdani and try to mooch off his popularity will quickly throw him under the bus and help ruin his operation
@ettingermentum And thatโs not to say he should be scared to implement left-wing policies. But if he fires Tisch and, say, crime rates coincidentally rise too, a bad media cycle can snowball and turn his vibe from sunshine and rainbows to radical Islamist anarchist takeover of NYC.
@StatisticUrban For Dems, the race might be frozen until Harris makes a decision (considering sheโs polling as the heavy favorite) and I doubt she moves immediately. Or they might all start trying to get the jump on her by announcing earlier and drowning her out.
@StatisticUrban I feel like each side has 2 possibilities. For GOP, either Vance will quickly consolidate the base or cracks will show and a longer-than-expected battle for the nomination might ensue (and this is probably heavily dependent on the severity of the midterm losses).