“...charismatically challenged...”
I know it is the world we live in, yet it is unfortunate that people vote based on how good the candidate looks on camera.
No doubt it's a real thing. The Scam is 30 years younger & fit. Not to mention he's running as a conservative making it more difficult for a 60 y/o frump (despite his high qualifications). Just keeping it real.
Indeed. Saccone would make a good House member, but unfortunately isn’t a great candidate compared to the candidate the Dems ran on the aesthetics...it shouldn’t matter, but it does.
Good looking can also backfire if they come across as arrogant and / or an airhead, though. But otherwise with a likeable personality it is an automatic +5 points to a candidate’s ceiling. Sad, but true, reality. It is why Roy Blunt had a closer race in Missouri in 2016. It is also why Josh Holmes may beat Claire McCaskill this year coupled with the she was already vulnerable to begin with, and John James, if he can raise enough money, may be able to defeat Debbie Stabenow in MI.