I could easily somebody like Kasich attempt to start a movement with Republican ‘Never Trumpers’ and more Centrist Democrats.
The Bringing Our World Egalatarian Lucidity Movement.
“I could easily somebody like Kasich attempt to start a movement with Republican ‘Never Trumpers’ and more Centrist Democrats.”
If he tries it as a Democrat, he’ll be laughed at. If he tries Third Party, he’ll pull mainly Democrats for two reasons: The first being that the Democrats are so far left now that at least half of their voters don’t even recognize them, and the second being that the Trump supporters are rock-solid behind Trump - they’re not about to jump to someone like Kasich.
End result: Trump gets 45%, Cortez (or whoever they run) gets 35%, and Kasich gets the other 20%. A blowout for Trump.
DNC chair Tom Perez has already called an in your face Communist from the Bronx the Future of the Dem Party.
Ocasio-Cortez is today’s Centrist Democrat.