Archy1221 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/poll-republican-presidential-debate/ 1 Link to comment
nic Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Archy1221 said: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/poll-republican-presidential-debate/ Beat me to it. I was curious. Didn't watch it. According to a Washington Post poll, conducted alongside FiveThirtyEight and Ipsos, 29% of Republican voters polled said that DeSantis performed the best out of the eight candidates on the stage in Milwaukee. The poll was conducted from Aug. 23-24 and polled 775 potential Republican primary voters who watched the debate. The second-best performance, according to the poll’s respondents, was from entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who had support from 26% of GOP voters in the poll. 1 Link to comment
nic Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Nikki Haley. Now that's funny... "The Senate has become the most privileged nursing home in the country. " 1 1 Link to comment
Dr. Strangelove Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 14 hours ago, nic said: Beat me to it. I was curious. Didn't watch it. According to a Washington Post poll, conducted alongside FiveThirtyEight and Ipsos, 29% of Republican voters polled said that DeSantis performed the best out of the eight candidates on the stage in Milwaukee. The poll was conducted from Aug. 23-24 and polled 775 potential Republican primary voters who watched the debate. The second-best performance, according to the poll’s respondents, was from entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who had support from 26% of GOP voters in the poll. Ramaswamy's grift is so obvious to anybody with more than a dozen functioning neurons that is unsurprisingly that he managed to capture the hearts and minds of the Republican base. 1 Link to comment
teachercd Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 22 hours ago, Guy Chamberlin said: It's not a perfect comparison, but in 2008 John McCain was playing the Chris Christie role, the pragmatic realist on a stage full of candidates leaning hard right and tossing red meat. The early money, publicity and consultants were circling around the Guliani, Romney, Huckabee, and even Ron Paul camps, and despite name recognition, McCain was falling out of relevance. Most people called Paul and Romney the winners of the first debate (polls had Paul the winner of virtually every debate, often by a large margin) During that first debate, McCain was asked if he believed in evolution, and discovered it was risky to answer "yes." Three of the candidates proudly declared they did not believe in evolution. McCain was ostracized in a later debate for opposing enhanced interrogation techniques; the crowd and candidates were much more pro-torture. I wouldn't put any money on Christie pulling a McCain, but he might find more of an audience if he sticks with it. Man, good memory! I sort of forgot about that. That WAS McCains race, I thought. Also, I am pro-torture, as in, they should have read every post in a game thread. 1 Link to comment
nic Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Dr. Strangelove said: Ramaswamy's grift is so obvious to anybody with more than a dozen functioning neurons that is unsurprisingly that he managed to capture the hearts and minds of the Republican base. Certainly seems like a salesman to me. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Sorry….that doesn’t cut it. Link to comment
teachercd Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 8/27/2023 at 7:58 AM, BigRedBuster said: Sorry….that doesn’t cut it. Why are they even having a "pledge" to sign? Sounds like middle school stuff. 2 2 Link to comment
RedDenver Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 14 minutes ago, teachercd said: Why are they even having a "pledge" to sign? Sounds like middle school stuff. The 2 parties want absolute control over their candidates. I think it's fairly recent, like just the last few presidential elections. 1 Link to comment
teachercd Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, RedDenver said: The 2 parties want absolute control over their candidates. I think it's fairly recent, like just the last few presidential elections. I think you are 100% correct. 1 Link to comment
commando Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, RedDenver said: The 2 parties want absolute control over their candidates. I think it's fairly recent, like just the last few presidential elections. it started this election cycle by the republican party in an effort to get trump to say he would support whoever the nominee ended up being. it backfired on them. trump refuses to sign the pledge since he will never support anyone else besides himself and it forces the others to sign it to be involved in the debates. Link to comment
RedDenver Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, commando said: it started this election cycle by the republican party in an effort to get trump to say he would support whoever the nominee ended up being. it backfired on them. trump refuses to sign the pledge since he will never support anyone else besides himself and it forces the others to sign it to be involved in the debates. The Dems did it in 2020 after Bernie did surprisingly well against Hillary. Link to comment
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