Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Heidi Heitkamp: Democrats, don't ditch the ACA for Medicare-for-all [View all]shanny
(6,709 posts)Heitkamp had a surprise win in 2012 with 161,337 votes, a margin of fewer than 3000 votes. A presidential year, with Obama on the ballot btw.
In 2016 the state went for tRump by a margin of 36%.
In 2018, the bullshit ID law aimed at Native Americans was largely a bust: while some 5000 votes were endangered (according to estimates prior to election day) only a few dozen were actually lost, due to a lot of hard work.
https://www.wtoc.com/2018/11/08/few-native-american-voters-had-id-issues-north-dakota/
Nevertheless, Heitkamp lost the election by a margin of 35,000 votes (approx 17,000 fewer than she had in 2012).
All that being said, I agree with your assessments of tRump, the racist hillbilly cracker McConnell and the white trash governor of ND. I just don't think being "moderate" is the way to address the issue (Heitkamp, btw, voted with tRump 54% of the time, according to 538)
To quote Harry S Truman:
"The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time...."
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided