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We're about to get the 1st GOP election test in the post-Trump era
News.yahoo.com ^ | 4/2/21 | Jon Ward

Posted on 04/02/2021 4:20:34 AM PDT by cotton1706

Amanda Chase’s candidacy for governor in Virginia this year has confronted the state’s GOP with a dilemma that mirrors the challenge facing the national party: How does it reap the benefits of Trumpism but also reduce the costs?

Can it retain voters drawn to the party because of former President Donald Trump and his style of politics, but at the same time push, nudge or maneuver Trump-like candidates like Chase — who are likely to lose winnable elections — out of the way?

Virginia Republicans may have found a way to do just that by using a method of voting that reformers are promoting nationally as a tool to reduce extremism and polarization.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: elections
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They're STILL smarting from that Eric Cantor loss. That was a blow they didn't expect.

So they rig the game now. Only moderate pantywaists, now and forever.

1 posted on 04/02/2021 4:20:34 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706
reduce extremism and polarization.

Then I guess I wouldn't be interested.

2 posted on 04/02/2021 4:23:21 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: ClearCase_guy

Yep.

See you in the camps.


3 posted on 04/02/2021 4:26:19 AM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: cotton1706

They want Trump without his policies.

They want fish without a smell.

Buffoons!


4 posted on 04/02/2021 4:26:41 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: cotton1706

Dumb-Dumb-O-Crats will beat her anyway.


5 posted on 04/02/2021 4:28:28 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (GOP-free since 10/9/20)
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To: cotton1706

“...”Amanda may have a plurality, but she is everyone else’s last choice, which dooms her from the start,” said Shaun Kenney, a former executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia.”...”

Ranked Choice - the latest trick to keep the GOPe in charge.

Just say no to Ranked Choice


6 posted on 04/02/2021 4:29:29 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: cotton1706

A typical filthy left wing article from Yahoo.


7 posted on 04/02/2021 4:34:39 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: cotton1706

Democrats will win the governor’s race in Virginia because they own the polling stations


8 posted on 04/02/2021 4:39:14 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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To: ClearCase_guy

Because there’s no extremism or polarization in the Stalinazi Satanist Demonrat Party.


9 posted on 04/02/2021 4:42:08 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: AppyPappy

The Demonrats count the votes. Doesn’t matter if the GOP outvotes ‘em in actual votes. Like back in November (and January in GA).


10 posted on 04/02/2021 4:43:32 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: cotton1706

LOL. When was the last time the RINO VA GOP won anything? No big races that I can recall.


11 posted on 04/02/2021 4:44:05 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Candor7

They want Trump without his policies.

They want fish without a smell.

Buffoons!


They want Trump to GOTV for Chicom loving RINOS. Yeah, no thanks. I won’t be voting again for coupists like Rubio regardless of what Trump says.


12 posted on 04/02/2021 4:45:45 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: cotton1706

The “fix” is in - GOP making sure they run another candidate who won’t win. Say ‘hello’ to Virginia’s next governor: T-Mac.


13 posted on 04/02/2021 4:47:54 AM PDT by Qiviut (2020 Election steal result: We are beginning our "40 years of wandering in the Wilderness".)
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To: cotton1706

More GOPVA Milquetoast.


14 posted on 04/02/2021 4:51:16 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: cotton1706

VA has become a deep blue state. Winning statewide elections has become almost impossible now. NoVA dominates the rest of the state.


15 posted on 04/02/2021 4:52:45 AM PDT by kabar
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Not really. There are more Republicans the Democrats in VA. It is just RINOs screw it all up.


16 posted on 04/02/2021 4:54:23 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

VA elections are rigged. They hold out until the rest of the state has counted then Fairfax Co. results come in - late.


17 posted on 04/02/2021 4:56:12 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: kabar

this started with Bush #1 taking in all those middle easterners and continued on from there. NoVa is Little Pakistan. Add that to all the federal government grifters living there and VA did what Colorado did...went deep blue.


18 posted on 04/02/2021 5:03:57 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: cotton1706

“...his style of politics...”

it’s not his “style.” It is his vision for America we love and his effectiveness in accomplishing those goals. He is the greatest at standing up for the common man. “Style” has nothing to do with it.


19 posted on 04/02/2021 5:27:55 AM PDT by elpadre
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To: cotton1706

no clicks for commies


20 posted on 04/02/2021 5:30:52 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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