jimnyc
02-26-2016, 01:53 PM
I think we all know how liberal this state is. But yet... a sign? Surely if can bring in voters AND win there, it would say a lot. This one I am very curious about and can't wait to see how it turns out. This will show a lot about the independents and moderates that everyone has been talking about, and stating that whoever wins those votes will win it all. Right now I think Trump has a lead of like 20+ points.
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Donald Trump is poised to romp across the South on Super Tuesday, cementing a hold on the Republican presidential nomination. But it's little-watched and deeply liberal Massachusetts that's sending shivers down Democrats’ spines.
Massachusetts, they fear, is where Trump could chart a course to the White House.
The state — the largest non-Southern prize on the GOP calendar next week — is packed with the independent, blue-collar voters that will decide key general election states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan. And if Trump can trounce his Republicans rivals by pulling in those voters in Massachusetts on Tuesday, Democrats are afraid he could do the same to them nationwide in November.
"It’d be like the canary in the coal mine," said Doug Rubin, a Democratic strategist who helped steer Deval Patrick and Elizabeth Warren to statewide victories in Massachusetts. "If Trump is able to convince a lot of moderate-to-conservative independents to vote in the primary and he does really well here, that would be a warning sign for Democrats going forward."
Massachusetts is a bastion of Democratic power — and a virtual lock to go to the Democratic nominee in the general election — but it also has a deeply moderate streak that has enabled Republicans like Mitt Romney and Scott Brown to prevail in statewide contests. Their coalitions depended on wresting support from independent voters and the pockets of Reagan Democrats in industrial cities like Lowell, Quincy and Fall River. Rubin said sharply increased turnout in those cities, coupled with a blowout victory for Trump, would be a worrisome sign for Democrats.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/donald-trump-massachusetts-219804
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Donald Trump is poised to romp across the South on Super Tuesday, cementing a hold on the Republican presidential nomination. But it's little-watched and deeply liberal Massachusetts that's sending shivers down Democrats’ spines.
Massachusetts, they fear, is where Trump could chart a course to the White House.
The state — the largest non-Southern prize on the GOP calendar next week — is packed with the independent, blue-collar voters that will decide key general election states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan. And if Trump can trounce his Republicans rivals by pulling in those voters in Massachusetts on Tuesday, Democrats are afraid he could do the same to them nationwide in November.
"It’d be like the canary in the coal mine," said Doug Rubin, a Democratic strategist who helped steer Deval Patrick and Elizabeth Warren to statewide victories in Massachusetts. "If Trump is able to convince a lot of moderate-to-conservative independents to vote in the primary and he does really well here, that would be a warning sign for Democrats going forward."
Massachusetts is a bastion of Democratic power — and a virtual lock to go to the Democratic nominee in the general election — but it also has a deeply moderate streak that has enabled Republicans like Mitt Romney and Scott Brown to prevail in statewide contests. Their coalitions depended on wresting support from independent voters and the pockets of Reagan Democrats in industrial cities like Lowell, Quincy and Fall River. Rubin said sharply increased turnout in those cities, coupled with a blowout victory for Trump, would be a worrisome sign for Democrats.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/donald-trump-massachusetts-219804