mylastdream15 t1_it47zir wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:30 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Why is Bob Stefanowski even running by pinktwillshirt

THIS IS THE ANSWER. A. The CT Republican party just doesn't have a lot of great candidates. And B. When you just have to win by a plurality... If you can get all the MAGA voters on your side. Even if that's 35% of voters... You'll win in the primaries. That's basically how it's gone twice now. This time I think it's basically that the just had no real alternatives that had a shot. Which says a lot about the party in CT

This has actually been an issue nationwide. That mediocre candidates are winning primaries because the maga crowd can give them a plurality in the primaries. There is a style of republican that can win in CT - a MAGA republican is not it. Yet they keep winning primaries because of pluralities. And then losing in the general.

[deleted] t1_it4awxp wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:49 PM

What did Bob get? 21k votes? That’s how many people in CT want him.

mylastdream15 t1_it4fz2c wrote on October 20, 2022 at 9:22 PM

He'll still probably get like 42-45% of the votes. Because some people actually like him (mostly the maga crowd). And republicans will vote for him because of the big R next to his name. And some independents that claim to be independent but always vote R will vote for him. But that's about it I figure. If stefanowski couldn't win in a year where he was seen as a referendum candidate against Malloy/bad dem leadership. And now is facing a far more popular Lamont. I feel like he has zero shot. I know a lot of people that begrudgingly voted for Lamont last time. This time most of those same people actually were satisfied with him and what he did. (I'd also argue he's the best governor we've had in about 30 years. Which may or may not be saying much depending on how you look at it.) I think it won't be particularly close. But it will be closer than it probably should be. Certain people just vote party line no matter what.

And again. I think he will capture some gullible voters that just see "lower taxes" and don't realize that he really doesn't have a logical gameplan to do that.

[deleted] t1_it4jvsy wrote on October 20, 2022 at 9:49 PM

I mean, they fell for trump’s obvious bullshit, so why wouldn’t they believe Bob? Bob’s a soggy fry coated in mold, but he’s a big step up from orange traitor.