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One possible eventuality I'm thinking of based on current trends:

-Biden carries most of the South and Far West.
-Buttigieg and Sanders split the Midwest.
-Warren carries most of the Northeast.
-End result: Biden wins.

Why is this a possibility, you ask? Well think of it in terms of where the respective candidate's strengths lie: Biden is routinely the most popular candidate among voters of color broadly, and they're his most loyal supporters, so that advantages him over everyone else in the disproportionately African American South and the disproportionately Latino and Asian-American Far West broadly. The Midwest, in contrast, is getting older and whiter over time because the youth are leaving. That favors candidates who are popular among older white voters and Mayor Pete is currently emerging as a force among specifically older Midwestern white working class and middle-income voters (actually faring worst among wealthier ones at present), and I think the fact that Pete Buttigieg is actually from that part of the country would also help him regionally. On the other hand, there are also, I believe, a number of states that vote by caucus instead of by regular primary in the Midwest, and that process tends to favor activists over regular working people who might not have day off to invest 8 hours waiting around to vote, and Bernie Sanders clearly has the most activist support, so he could win in most of the caucus states, I suspect. Finally, the Northeast is not only Liz Warren's home turf, but also relies mostly on closed primaries, which structurally advantages her over Sanders throughout most of that area since she's more popular among actual, registered Democrats than Sanders is.

Whatcha think? Is this eventuality plausible at all?



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Jaicee said:

One possible eventuality I'm thinking of based on current trends:

-Biden carries most of the South and Far West.
-Buttigieg and Sanders split the Midwest.
-Warren carries most of the Northeast.
-End result: Biden wins.

Why is this a possibility, you ask? Well think of it in terms of where the respective candidate's strengths lie: Biden is routinely the most popular candidate among voters of color broadly, and they're his most loyal supporters, so that advantages him over everyone else in the disproportionately African American South and the disproportionately Latino and Asian-American Far West broadly. The Midwest, in contrast, is getting older and whiter over time because the youth are leaving. That favors candidates who are popular among older white voters and Mayor Pete is currently emerging as a force among specifically older Midwestern white working class and middle-income voters (actually faring worst among wealthier ones at present), and I think the fact that Pete Buttigieg is actually from that part of the country would also help him regionally. On the other hand, there are also, I believe, a number of states that vote by caucus instead of by regular primary in the Midwest, and that process tends to favor activists over regular working people who might not have day off to invest 8 hours waiting around to vote, and Bernie Sanders clearly has the most activist support, so he could win in most of the caucus states, I suspect. Finally, the Northeast is not only Liz Warren's home turf, but also relies mostly on closed primaries, which structurally advantages her over Sanders throughout most of that area since she's more popular among actual, registered Democrats than Sanders is.

Whatcha think? Is this eventuality plausible at all?

I think the momentum carried after Iowa / NH is important. If Biden underperforms there, he might carry SC, but the lack of momentum might spill over to Nevada and later States.

As for the Midwest working class, I consider that a Tossup between all 4. They all have their strengths in the area, one way or the other. I'd put Biden or Warren taking most of those States, with Pete sometimes pulling second place.

The Northeast is interesting. Sanders will win Vermont (and that will be his only State), but New York is up for grabs. If Pete has momentum even he could take it.

Last edited by Moren - on 14 November 2019

I feel like Biden will be very competitive in Northeast states like Pennsylvania and Delaware.



morenoingrato said:
Jaicee said:

One possible eventuality I'm thinking of based on current trends:

-Biden carries most of the South and Far West.
-Buttigieg and Sanders split the Midwest.
-Warren carries most of the Northeast.
-End result: Biden wins.

Why is this a possibility, you ask? Well think of it in terms of where the respective candidate's strengths lie: Biden is routinely the most popular candidate among voters of color broadly, and they're his most loyal supporters, so that advantages him over everyone else in the disproportionately African American South and the disproportionately Latino and Asian-American Far West broadly. The Midwest, in contrast, is getting older and whiter over time because the youth are leaving. That favors candidates who are popular among older white voters and Mayor Pete is currently emerging as a force among specifically older Midwestern white working class and middle-income voters (actually faring worst among wealthier ones at present), and I think the fact that Pete Buttigieg is actually from that part of the country would also help him regionally. On the other hand, there are also, I believe, a number of states that vote by caucus instead of by regular primary in the Midwest, and that process tends to favor activists over regular working people who might not have day off to invest 8 hours waiting around to vote, and Bernie Sanders clearly has the most activist support, so he could win in most of the caucus states, I suspect. Finally, the Northeast is not only Liz Warren's home turf, but also relies mostly on closed primaries, which structurally advantages her over Sanders throughout most of that area since she's more popular among actual, registered Democrats than Sanders is.

Whatcha think? Is this eventuality plausible at all?

I think the momentum carried after Iowa / NH is important. If Biden underperforms there, he might carry SC, but the lack of momentum might spill over to Nevada and later States.

As for the Midwest working class, I consider that a Tossup between all 4. They all have their strengths in the area, one way or the other. I'd put Biden or Warren taking most of those States, with Pete sometimes pulling second place.

The Northeast is interesting. Sanders will win Vermont (and that will be his only State), but New York is up for grabs. If Pete has momentum even he could take it.

Pretty much this, and that's his biggest problem in my opinion. Harris is leading in both Iowa and New Hampshire, which might slow his campaign down considerably. He's leading in Nevada, but if he slows down Harris and Sanders might also beat him there. He's most probably going to win South Carolina afterwards since his lead is too large (even though Warren is rising there, too), but he is getting beaten by both Warren and Sanders in the latest California polls, which will cost him a lot of delegates, especially if he slows down any further. Even worse, Buttigieg is creeping up on his lane from behind...

On another note, Deval Patrick has now announced his candidacy. As if we needed any more candidates...

On the plus side, reading through his accomplishments, he seems to be more progressive than most other candidates, though still a far cry from Warren and Sanders in that regard.

Small list of his deeds as Governor of Massachusetts, copied from Wikipedia: 

Spoiler!
During his governorship, Patrick oversaw the implementation of the state's 2006 health care reform program which had been enacted under Mitt Romney, increased funding to education and life sciences, won a federal Race to the Top education grant, passed an overhaul of governance of the state transportation function, signing a law to create the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, increased the state sales tax from 5% to 6.25%, and raised the state's minimum wage from $8 per hour to $11 by 2017. Under Patrick, Massachusetts joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the planned introduction of casinos in Massachusetts

So yeah, not the worst possible candidate, but there are better alternatives imo.



I don't think Deval will take off, but if he does, I hope he peels support mostly from Biden. I think the rationale for him is to be both Biden-but-younger and Buttigieg-but-older, but Buttigieg has a movement behind his campaign so he'll probably peel more from Biden than Buttigieg, if he takes off at all. He might take a bit from Warren just because they're from the same state, and if he does have any momentum, he'll definitely take some potential endorsements from her. I doubt he'll even make any debates though, so I don't see what the point is, no one will likely even notice he's there. It's definitely clear that the establishment is nervous though, or we wouldn't see so many late bids and rumors of late bids.



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Warren has come out in favour of passing a public option then medicare for all, in other words, she's not serious about it and just pivoted to "medicare for all who want it". Hate to say I told you so,bu I told you so

Last edited by uran10 - on 15 November 2019

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Yikes... What is Warren doing??? There's not even a strategical reason for this pivot... She'll just lose the progressive vote for the centrist vote but the centrists already love either Biden or Buttigieg. Who the hell is advising her?



 

Oh my. Hasn't this gotten interesting?

Last edited by Moren - on 15 November 2019

uran10 said:

Warren has come out in favour of passing a public option then medicare for all, in other words, she's not serious about it and just pivoted to "medicare for all who want it". Hate to say I told you so,bu I told you so

Disappointing. So far I was very fond of Warren, now she dropped strongly in my list. I preferred Sanders before, but I thought the difference was negligible. Now it isn't.



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