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Wooden_Exit2957 t1_itw3lrz wrote

All this proves is that Rhode Island politicians run as Democrats to get elected, not because of any principles or values

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Antonio_Bologna t1_itw9t0r wrote

She asked for a Who's Who of the Rhode Island Democrats and got a Who? instead.

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degggendorf t1_itwrtt6 wrote

I am not sure how Matt Smith, praised by the catholic church for his pro-life stance in 2016 would ever be considered a Democrat in 2022.

Is the point that she only has the support of people so forgetful or deceitful that they are registered with a party they don't share values with?

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Desperate_Expert_952 t1_itx7ufe wrote

If you have a conflicting view than other members of the party you are no longer part of that political party? Come on man. Is bill clinton no longer part of the democrats because his 1990’s stances are much more centered than todays progressive left?

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degggendorf t1_itxrqef wrote

>Is bill clinton no longer part of the democrats because his 1990’s stances are much more centered than todays progressive left?

Depends, does he still hold the same ideals today?

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degggendorf t1_itxuyju wrote

In Cumberland, he was 15 points ahead of the next highest, compared to being 3 points ahead statewide.

Also in Cumberland, over 3x more people voted for him than Kalus.

Of all the valid criticism you could have leveled at McKee, why make something up that's so objectively false?

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degggendorf t1_itxy21o wrote

Ah okay, so the technique is to just throw everything at the wall and hope something sticks, and when it doesn't stick just throw more?

134,137 voted in the governor primary this year; notably more than the 117,875 who voted for the same in 2018.

>Voters were being turned away from polling sites due to last minute polling location changes. When given the information of where they could vote they were stating they wouldn’t even bother.

Source?

>People that were also registered democrats were specifically requesting for a Republican ballots during the primaries because they simply didn’t want him.

That doesn't even make sense. First, it's not possible, second, it wouldn't accomplish their stated goal. Third, you just made it up.

>This wasn’t a grand slam as some people are attempting to make it seem.

What "grand slam" do you think I'm trying for? I just mentioned the tiny McKee margin in the comment you just replied to.

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DisastrousFudge3593 t1_itxyknz wrote

I can’t take this seriously when she says “together we can make our state better…. “…This isn’t her state and that just sounds strange coming from a woman who is from Illinois or wherever she’s from and she just moved here… This is just a bunch of BS that doesn’t even try and sound genuine

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Thisisfourme t1_itw59rh wrote

Let’s be honest with ourselves, Dan McKee has all the appearances of being crooked as hell. I’m not saying Ashley is any better, the optics with Dan are not good however. The real problem is, the wrong people are running for office. More and more races from the national level all the way down to the local level I look at and ask myself, “is this the best we can do for candidates“?

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Coincel_pro t1_itw6mwf wrote

Yeah McKee is garbage. There's no universe in which I vote for a Republican in 2022 but dear god McKee is just a shitty candidate.

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Thisisfourme t1_itw8uik wrote

It truly is sad that we only have those two candidates to choose from, I realize they were others but they stand no chance of winning. I’m with you, there isn’t any Republican going to get my vote.

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Abaraji t1_itwkvv2 wrote

This is a perfect example of why our two party system doesn't work

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anal_gland_expressor t1_itx1byj wrote

Nellie Gorbea was a pretty decent candidate and would have made a great Governor.

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Thac0 t1_itz6lyf wrote

I’m sad her turnout was so low. I was excited to have her as Governor

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Wooden_Exit2957 t1_itwa7g8 wrote

It’s not the best we can do, but it’s all we can afford

We have had great candidates fail to win primaries or third party candidates not get any attention.

But we cannot afford to out fund the donors who want the status quo to become more status quoyer

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Desperate_Expert_952 t1_itx7nqs wrote

He appears to be pretty corrupt and she’s a carpetbagger. It’s an awesome election!

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radioflea t1_itxahe7 wrote

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again thank your fellow Rhode Islanders who decided to sit out on this year‘s primaries. Elections have consequences.

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Desperate_Expert_952 t1_itxamrn wrote

I wish smaller third party candidates could get some debate time. The rules are stacked against anyone that isn’t 1. Rich 2. Already a career politician.

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Thac0 t1_itz6jnq wrote

There was a primary and there absolutely were better candidates but this is what the majority of primary voters and the fptp system gave us

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Mortal-Cynical-42 t1_itwsdu2 wrote

For being the state of “I know a guy” we sure do a shit job getting the right people on the ballot

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AlabasterRadio t1_ityfnpi wrote

The idea that our tiny ass state is so corrupt and poorly run is almost impressive

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FrequentAnnual1262 t1_itys2l1 wrote

Of all of those Democrats who allegedly achieved some sort of notoriety I only recognize one name.. pretty confident there are more than a few (R's) who will support McKee. Kalus is a carpetbagger, a place holder to speak, so she can try to follow in the footsteps what TFFG and his cabal want.

Kalus does not know all that much about RI, except it is place where she can fleece the public.

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Competitive-Ad-5153 t1_itzq8um wrote

Q: who are these 10 people?? A: A list of virtual nobody's.

If Smiley was on this list, I'd feel like this "coalition" was something newsworthy. As it is now, it's a list of DINO's.

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FranklinDC t1_ity5qu4 wrote

Perhaps the Republican Party was less psychotic in 1974 than it is today.

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stalequeef69 OP t1_itx7oyn wrote

Not sure why I'm getting down voted for passing a message along but whatever sweetens your tea I guess.

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rinygiants t1_itz1vw1 wrote

Make sure not forget about the independent that are running! Not just blue and red!

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lolabeanz59 t1_itxccpm wrote

Kalus said on WPRO that internal polling is 'close' and that her campaign is closing the gap.

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TheOGJayRussle t1_ityzy1y wrote

Maybe what we need as an outsider, the insiders have had this state doing a nose dive for many years.

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