return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agoDemocrats Meddle in Ohio G.O.P. Senate Primary, Pushing Trump’s Choicewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down127
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minus-squarefirebyte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agoI was horrified when I first heard about this, though it actually seems to be a good strategy, if risky and ballsy: Prop up an opposing candidate in the primary, who you project (the risky part) will poll worse against you in the general election. It seems to be working… https://youtu.be/K-UG88yoF0M?si=waPJ6WO29tQo2uJb Given that Democrats this time around are out-fundraising the Republicans, it could be a really smart strategy. https://democrats.org/news/rnc-statement-on-the-rncs-desperate-financial-situation/
I was horrified when I first heard about this, though it actually seems to be a good strategy, if risky and ballsy:
Prop up an opposing candidate in the primary, who you project (the risky part) will poll worse against you in the general election.
It seems to be working…
https://youtu.be/K-UG88yoF0M?si=waPJ6WO29tQo2uJb
Given that Democrats this time around are out-fundraising the Republicans, it could be a really smart strategy.
https://democrats.org/news/rnc-statement-on-the-rncs-desperate-financial-situation/