goferking (he/him)Fearing GOP upset, top California Democrat urges lagging candidates for governor to drop out of race
jordanlundCurrent polling:
ppic.org/…/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and…
Steve Hilton, a Republican - 14
Katie Porter, a Democrat - 13
Chad Bianco, a Republican - 12
Eric Swalwell, a Democrat - 11
Tom Steyer, a Democrat - 10
*Other candidates - 30
Don’t know - 10
To be clear, the primary is a top two race, so whoever the top 2 candidates are go to the general and those are your two choices for Governor.
With 1 point separating 1 from 2, 2 from 3 and so on, it could very easily be Hilton and Bianco (the only 2 Republicans running.)
30% of the vote is going to “Other”. Those folks need to drop out and endorse a candidate who can actually win.
PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
Key findings of the survey include: Five candidates for governor are in a virtual tie heading into the June primary, with affordability emerging as a key issue. Amid concerns about the state budget, solid majorities of likely voters support raising taxes on the wealthiest Californians. Democrats are more enthusiastic than other partisan groups when it comes to voting in congressional elections this year.
Top two is such a dumb fucking system. Wouldn’t surprise me in the least if some of the Democratic candidates are Republican plants to dilute the vote.
That’s the problem, there are only 2 Republicans running vs. 9 Democrats.
Split 9 ways, there’s no way for a Democrat to make the top 2.
The solution is party primaries, one for the Democrats, one for the Republicans, I don’t know who decided on this single primary bullshit.
I’m confused. Aren’t primaries usually per party? Pick the strongest party candidate and then those two run in the general. Is this some sort of weird open primary?
Sounds like a California thing!