Bouchard experiences stark drop in donations as he seeks to best Cheney, Hageman

trib.com ^ | 10/18/21 | Victoria Eavis

[cotton1706]

Wyoming Sen. Anthony Bouchard’s campaign for U.S. House experienced a stark drop in fundraising in the most recent quarter, according to newly released federal campaign finance data.

In quarter three — which spans from July to September — the campaign raised $65,500. That’s compared to $213,000 in the second quarter and $334,500 in the first quarter. Bouchard’s campaign has roughly $87,000 left in the bank.

The campaign has considerably less cash on hand than Bouchard’s opponents: Rep. Liz Cheney has almost $3,700,000 left in the bank, while Harriet Hageman, who received the coveted endorsement of former President Donald Trump, has almost $245,000.

Bouchard, a state senator from Cheyenne who was the first Republican to challenge Cheney, did not respond to request for comment.

[billyboy15]

“That is true but money can translate into votes through saturation advertising and slick messaging.”
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Sure it can but in the end it depends upon voter engagement and in the case of Cheney a huge majority of her constituency wants her gone.

[pepsi_junkie]

Alright, I guess I misunderstood your post to be a criticism of my position that we need to get rid of Cheney and her ilk at all costs if we want a party that actually represents us and not some bunch of elites in a smoke filled room somewhere.

Sorry about that! Carry on.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Cruz still kicked Beto’s ass.

Cruz barely squeaked out a victory by a 1.6% margin, the closest senate election in Texas in 40 years.

[Starboard]

a huge majority of her constituency wants her gone

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Yes but the GOP will claim that her constituency will lose the power of her seniority and the benefits accrued for her district. Not saying this is a valid argument I want to see her defeated) but its one that her GOP backed operatives are going to tout (i.e., vote for her opponent and you lose the bennies).

[fatman6502002]

Yes, I want Cheney gone, as I do with all the RINO’s. In fact I’m to the point if an R candidate is not totally MAGA in their mindset, I will not waste my vote on them.

The earlier post was a response to the Texas guy that claims Texas is losing the war and about to turn blue. And specifically I was talking about the relentlessly negative attitude that so many have. No matter the good news they flood this site to proclaim that good news doesn’t matter because we’re going to lose anyway. Personally, I think most of them are Dem plants trying to dampen our enthusiasm.

[billyboy15]

“Yes but the GOP will claim that her constituency will lose the power of her seniority and the benefits accrued for her district.”

You could be right and if you are then the stupidity of the constituency will be confirmed.

[Cen-Tejas]

.....you know, I hear all these negative comments on FR about the sky falling in on Texas electorally but Hispanic’s in the valley proved that totally wrong in the last election.

Nationally, Republicans are winning many special elections and more Democrats than Republicans are quitting this year.

I think just the opposite. I think Texas is gaining on the bastards.

[TexasGunLover]

I think just the opposite. I think Texas is gaining on the bastards.

Not based on vote counts. The Valley is solid blue.

[Joe Boucher]

money isn’t everything in politics, just ask jeb Bush.

[Cen-Tejas]

1. From a Monolith to a Diverse Voting Bloc
The results were a reminder both that Latinos aren’t a monolith, and that we remain a group. Trump gains were indeed more pronounced in Miami and the Rio Grande Valley, two Hispanic electorates that are in many ways different from each other. And yet, those who swung in Florida and Texas, and in other, far-flung places — whether in California, Pennsylvania or Massachusetts — seemed to be linked together across geography and place of origin by their Latino identity.
We can’t explain the national baseline shift toward Trump with idiosyncrasies specific to one region or nationality. Border dynamics don’t explain changes in New Jersey. Fear of socialism among Cuban and Venezuelan voters doesn’t explain movement in Milwaukee.
In other words, there is great diversity within the Hispanic voting bloc. Latinos comprise 1 out of every 8 eligible voters in the US. Any voting bloc that large will have salient internal differences. But Latino voters still have common bonds that manifest in their political choices.

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The “trend” in 2024 will be to Trump as most Hispanics and particularly Cubans, seeing Venezuela and Cuba, hate Socialism.