Posted on 03/06/2020 10:21:57 AM PST by USA Conservative
America is at a crossroads.
I realize we say this nearly every election cycle, but I truly believe this time it is very real. The rise of Bernie Sanders and the ensuing chaos in the Democrat party is indicative of this opinion. Watching second amendment rights getting squashed under the boot of state government in Virginia is indicative of this opinion. Watching California descend into the hell that comes from a one-party super majority is indicative of this opinion. We are now faced with deciding how we want this nation to proceed – as a nanny state in which a few powerful elites hold our fates in their hands, or as a nation in which We the People know what is best for our own lives based on our experience, geography and intelligence.
With all the hype over the Joe Biden versus Bernie Sanders face-off during Tuesday night’s Democratic primaries, a dirty little secret for the Democrats was revealed in California.
Beneath the cover of a contentious presidential primary race that gave Establishment Democrats hope, the arguably biggest takeaway of the night is going to be buried. But Democrats took note and the implications are terrifying for them.
Primary results in California indicate that Republicans can flip up to 9 congressional seats.
Meanwhile, Democrats do not have an easy path to flip any current Republican-held districts.
Keep two things in mind. First, these aren’t nine seats that are deemed “in play” through some election miracle. These are nine seats currently held by Democrats where Republicans have the upper hand based on analysis of Tuesday’s primary votes. Second—and this is very important to understand—with only one statewide ballot measure, the main draw was the Democratic presidential primary in which Republicans may not vote. That means that even without the draw of a presidential primary choice, nine seats showed Republicans either within striking distance or outright beating Democrats.
From NOQ Report: The “jungle primary” system for congressional seats means everyone gets the same ballot choices. The top two finishers in the primary will go head-to-head in the general election. Based on these criteria, a shocking number of Democratic seats are now in jeopardy in November. Let’s break them down one-by-one.
District 7: Although incumbent Ami Berra garnered 44.5% of the total votes cast, and his Democratic challenger Jeff Burdick gained 6.6%, their total was not significantly ahead of the total of GOP candidates Buzz Patterson (38.9%) and Jon Ivy (7.8%), and that was with a heavy turnout for the Democratic presidential primary. Rucker noted of Patterson, a former carrier of the “nuclear football” for President Clinton and former Air Force Lt. Colonel, “If he can get some wind on his back, he has a strong chance of flipping the seat and beating the incumbent.”
District 10: With 58% of precincts reporting, Dem Josh Harder had 38.9% of the vote; GOP candidate Ted Howze had 38.2%. GOP candidates had a total of 56.3% of the vote.
District 16:Jim Costa (Dem) 37.5%; the GOP’s Kevin Cookingham 38.5%. Rucker noted, “Costa is clearly in trouble with his own base; this is the first time he’s faced other Democrats for his 16th district seat. It’s also the only time he’s come in second in the primary.”
District 21: David Valadao (GOP) 54.1%; Dems total; 43.1%.
District 24: Salud Carbajal (Dem) 51.8%; Andy Caldwell (GOP) 44.5%. Rucker pointed out, “The last two elections, Democrat Salud Carbajal has easily won CA-24, defeating his opponent by over 17-points in 2018.”
District 25: This is ex-Congresswoman Democrat Katie Hill’s district; the Democrat, Christy Smith, won 30.25% while the two GOP candidates, Mike Garcia and Steve Knight, won 27.4% and 20.4% respectively. (55% of precincts reporting)
District 39: In a rematch of the 2018 election, GOP candidate Young Kim won 52.4% of the cote, incumbent Gil Cisneros won 42.6%
District 45: Democratic incumbent Katie Porter got 48.1% of the vote; GOP candidates got the rest, 51.9%
District 48: Rucker noted that the incumbent, Harley Rouda, got roughly 10% less than the GOP candidates’ total.
District 50: The Democratic candidate, Ammar Campa-Najjar, got 34.4%; the three GOP candidates totaled almost 60%.
This means that Nancy Pelosi is in huge trouble and might need to reconsider her strategy in California!
Do they want to vote for the California GOP? No. Do they want to vote for Trump? No. That being said, more than anything they want to be heard and since the California Democrats are willfully ignoring their voices, many feel a GOP vote will be the only way to make an impact. They’ll go back to voting for the party they love and are loyal to, but they’re for sure not going back to it if they don’t have jobs or are forced to move out of state because of AB5.
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We should not be overconfident, but things look good so far.
I hope the Republicans hit Piglosi hard in the general election and not only retain the Presidency, but also take both houses. With President Trump at the helm, we should expect a lot of good things starting in 2021.
Exactly. GOP needs a major ballot harvesting effort of its own in these districts. With respect to these shenanigans, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
Good “things” will start on November 4, 2020!
That would be wonderful.
If the Republicans win the Presidency, hold the Senate and take the House the Democrats will sidestep any administrative processes and go directly for an assassination. They will be that crazy.
“The rise of Bernie Sanders and the ensuing chaos in the Democrat party is indicative of this opinion.”
The rise of Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday and the vast uncertainty of who will be the Democrat nominee cannot be underestimated and that points to Trump winning California.
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Weren’t a majority of those lost from the sleepy GOP to the legally vote-harvesting Dems in 2018? Makes sense Trump could *potentially* win those back and a couple more.
“with 58% of the votes counted”
I hope I am wrong, but it looks to me to more likely that the Republican precinct were being counted mostly first and the Democrats were mostly still yet to be counted. Maybe the are preparing to find more votes.
” GOP needs a major ballot harvesting effort “
Hell yes, I read somewhere the rats get 90% of the votes from nursing homes. I believe it. I have seen absentee ballots where my mother in law is. Many of these people do not know what year it is so they will get “help”.
I dislike chip-counters while the game is still in play...
I'm a poll watcher in PA, so I know that if I'm on site, the voter fraud is reduced and almost totally eliminated.
I don't know how to stop 'ballot harvesting' when it occurs after the election, is a function of the US Mail and corrupt officials.
How do you stop it?
This is great news. I heard George Papadopoulos ran in the 25th District, but didn’t get many votes.
But it’s great to see the strong GOP showing!
Was Ronald Reagan the last real Republican Governor of California?
We cannot spare this man— he fights!!
need to also have a strategy to combat the illegals voting in CA - its rampant.
I think these potential gains are a mirage.
those are districts that they could win BACK after losing them to ballot harvesters.
this wouldn’t be a net gain from 2016.
That would be absolutely EPIC if he flipped California- Bet the liberals wouldn’t be screaming about popular votes then
If the GOP can flip that many votes in California it’s going to be a major pickup in the US House.
I live in California and this would be great, but I wouldn’t count out the fraud efforts of the dems. It’s now Friday morning and our County still has over 35,000 ballots left to count (which is still over 1/3 of the total cast in the County). I suspect they aren’t getting the results they want, so they’ll continue to “count” until the numbers come around.
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