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PatrickforB

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2. Well, according to most polls, like 538 and the Hill projections, Calvarese (I misspelled it, sorry) doesn't
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 05:59 PM
Oct 2024

have a chance in hell. But never say never, you know?

Because these polls are suspect, and do not take abortion access into account. We'll see.

But District 4 is considered the safest GOP House district in Colorado, and it SUCKS that I got gerrymandered into it.

This is why I am DEFINITELY voting for ranked choice (Prop. 131). The Dems don't like it and neither do the Repubs because it FORCES ALL CANDIDATES to actually talk to everybody instead of the die-hard party base who currently dictate who gets to be on the ballot. I hate that because we need people at the table who actually care about governing the country rather than some bullshit right-wing ideology.

Instead the primary will have four people, regardless of party, and when we vote, the top two go to the general. The likely result is it won't hurt us Dems much but it will take the insanity wind out of the GOP sails. Instead of know-nothing dirtbags like Boebert, anyone the GOP runs will by nature of the ranked choice be forced to the center, to actually be sane.

Because I'm fucking sick of being in a House district that is always a shoe-in for the most extreme right-wing nut jobs. If we could just have someone sane in there...

Still, Calvarese might just pull it out and win.

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