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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Tue Nov 2, 2021, 11:09 PM Nov 2021

21,000 Virginia voters (most likely African American Democrats) voted for Princess Blanding.

Meet Princess Blanding: The third person vying to be Virginia’s next governor

Princess Blanding isn’t mincing words. She is done with the status quo.

From an educator and an activist to now a gubernatorial candidate, Blanding is looking to make history in more ways than one.

If elected, she would not only be the first Black woman to become governor of Virginia, but she would also be the first openly LGBTQIA+ woman to hold the office. She’s running on the platform of a party that she created, the Liberation Party.

But with progressive policy points that are likely to appeal to the political left, why did she start her own party?

https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/2021/10/29/meet-princess-blanding-the-third-person-vying-to-be-virginias-next-governor/

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21,000 Virginia voters (most likely African American Democrats) voted for Princess Blanding. (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2021 OP

Gonna suck if we lose Virginia by 21,000 votes...which very well may happen with how it's changed. Drunken Irishman Nov 2021 #1

if you MFM008 Nov 2021 #2

And isn't that the intent, afterall? Budi Nov 2021 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Budi Nov 2021 #3

No, she's a LIBERATION Party candidate. brooklynite Nov 2021 #5

Wtf is a Liberation Party? Ok. Well thanks for correcting me then. Budi Nov 2021 #6

Do you know who endorsed her campaign? Budi Nov 2021 #8

Looks like the margin will be wide enough that Blanding is not a factor Klaralven Nov 2021 #7

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

1. Gonna suck if we lose Virginia by 21,000 votes...which very well may happen with how it's changed.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 11:10 PM

Nov 2021

MFM008

(20,042 posts)

2. if you

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 11:11 PM

Nov 2021

deviate from the mainstream democratic candidate-- you hand it to the gop on a silver platter,
every single time.

Budi

(15,325 posts)

4. And isn't that the intent, afterall?

Reply to MFM008 (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 11:13 PM

Nov 2021

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Budi This message was self-deleted by its author.

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

5. No, she's a LIBERATION Party candidate.

Reply to Budi (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 11:14 PM

Nov 2021

Budi

(15,325 posts)

6. Wtf is a Liberation Party? Ok. Well thanks for correcting me then.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 11:17 PM

Nov 2021

I'll just delete my Libertarian post now...
Oops.

Liberation huh?
Well. Ok then

Maybe thats why she got so many votes.
Voters thought it said LIBERTARIAN.

😄

Budi

(15,325 posts)

8. Do you know who endorsed her campaign?

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 11:27 PM

Nov 2021

Someone's got a habit of running a unknown to divide off usual Dem voters, so this is actually not surprrising at all.
Along with delaying the BBB just long enough to prevent McAuliffe from having that in his campaign arsonal.

They ain't working for the Democratic Party. They're working to kneecap it.

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)

7. Looks like the margin will be wide enough that Blanding is not a factor

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 11:20 PM

Nov 2021

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