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Nuclear Unicorn

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13. "You don't think there's value in knowing which one of our candidates does best in the GE?"
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 03:56 PM
Jun 2015

No, I don't for the reasons I stated in the OP.

One candidate may have the most name recognition before the primary and thus appear to be the best positioned for the GE but regardless of who wins the primary the full weight of the party will align behind the GE candidate, whomever that may be. At that point name recognition becomes moot.

We could randomly select a candidate from a metropolitan phone book and one we entered the GE phase that name would be one of the 2 most recognized names in America, if not the entire world.

The primaries aren't (well, shouldn't) be about the GE, they should be about what are our values as a party and which candidate best exemplifies those values.

Living in California makes primaries a useless sport. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2015 #1
We really need to fix the primary calander. My solution is Exilednight Jun 2015 #4
I would like to see all states hold the primaries on the same day. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2015 #14
That would give a huge advantage to the candidate Exilednight Jun 2015 #15
The existing system already does that. People who don't win one of the early primaries are doomed. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2015 #16
You don't think there's value in knowing which one of our candidates does best in the GE? AFAIC, Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #2
I have no faith in those poles. Anyone who wins the Exilednight Jun 2015 #6
Like I said, that seems to be popular thought on BU. Above ground (in the real world), gauging.... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #8
Yes I do dismiss them. 6 weeks out from the first Exilednight Jun 2015 #11
Well, alrighty then. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #12
"You don't think there's value in knowing which one of our candidates does best in the GE?" Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #13
The "full weight of the party" will align long before we get to the GE. Your line of thinking just Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #17
I don't see your Dean/Kiucinich comparison as valid. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #18
Think for a bit. I have confidence you can get it. You're arguing "values" over "name recognition". Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #19
Well, there is what candidates promise and then there is how they actually conduct themselves. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #20
As a lifelong Democrat. I want to win. Whoever offers the best chance of doing that gets my.... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #23
By the way -- I'd like to take a moment to say Thank-you for the civil discourse. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #22
Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2015 #3
The polls are used to sway public opinion. Avalux Jun 2015 #5
And according to post #2 they look like they work. Exilednight Jun 2015 #7
Including the polls about "Feeling the Bern" in New Hampshire? Is that to "sway public opinion"? Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #9
Of course it is. My statement applies to all polls. n/t Avalux Jun 2015 #10
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