Posted on 10/11/2018 3:09:15 PM PDT by 11th_VA
WASHINGTON Donna Shalala may be in trouble.
Shalala, a Democrat running in a district that President Donald Trump lost by nearly 20 percentage points in 2016, is trailing Republican TV journalist Maria Elvira Salazar by 2 percentage points in a Mason Dixon-Telemundo poll. The independent polls margin of error was 4 percentage points and included a pro-Trump non-party candidate who could siphon votes from Salazar.
Salazars unique background as a journalist in a party dominated by President Donald Trump and her appeal with older, Spanish-speaking voters has enabled the GOP to remain competitive. Shalala, one of the most experienced first-time congressional candidates, won a competitive Democratic primary by less than 5 percentage points and has faced criticism from liberal Democrats and Republicans alike for her tenure leading the University of Miami, when campus janitors went on a hunger strike over low wages and the school acquired Cedars Medical Center.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay
Donna Shalala is an oldschool Clintonista. Her political demise would be a great step sweeping that whole generation of crooks back into the gutter.
Desantis and Scott only down 4 pts. In district 27.
Its the ethnicity that counts in Miami.
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Thats a big part of anything, but the republican running has a nice way about her and shes polished. Personality with enough policies for the voters is a winner almost everywhere. Some of the Schlubs we ran like Saccone and even Moore turned as many off as on.
Or this, if you're an old tanker ...
“Warm memories of the Clinton years arent helping her among voters????”
Only thing I recall about her is the Paul Shanklin parody song on Rush sung to Eric Clapton’s Layla.
Those are sweet, Shalala is not.
Shambala would be sweet, Shalala is not.
Shalala, the muff diver, is going to get crushed. Salazar is a long time resident of the area. Salazar’s looks are a ten when compared to Shalala’s. Shalala is a carpetbagger. She was a terrible President of The U.
The Republican candidate is Republican the way Bloomberg was Republican. Which is to say she couldn’t beat Shalala for the Democratic nomination, so she ran as a Pubbie. If she gets the seat, great. But I wouldn’t expect great things out of her.
I threw up a little after seeing her photo.
She didn’t do a good job as pres. at Hunter College in Manhattan either.
[ GOD BLESS THIS PRESIDENT! ]
I get one or two “smile headaches” a day since late 2016....
They seem to start when I see headlines like this one here and big super-wide smile comes across my face....
Still not tired of... owww owww WINNING!
WGAS
Prepare for a red tsunami. Vote early and help all R ed voters to the polls to vote
That fat, nasty, butch lesbian is corrupt, to boot. Man I’d really relish her losing.
Shalala might get shillelaghd.
I seem to recall that DS is of Lebanese descent...
In our view, the Mason-Dixon poll is an outlier, Shalala spokesperson Mike Hernandez said. It does not match our internal polls both in terms of what the electorate will be or voter intention.
Shalalas campaign noted that Trumps approval ratings in the district in the poll are much higher than expected and that a 2012 Mason Dixon poll sponsored by the Miami Herald showed Barack Obama winning Miami-Dade by 9 points when he ended up winning the county by 24 points.
Its difficult for our campaign to accept that this is the only congressional district in the country that Trump is becoming dramatically more popular, Hernandez said.
Shalala is depending on 2012 polls! They are in disbelief that PDJT could flip this district. I guess theyre not following the momentum in all the polls of minorities that are swinging to Trump.
Is this an open seat?
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