Only when Trump himself is running.

He has shown time and time again he has no coattails.

Those who usually don’t vote and came out in 2016 and 2020 did so because of personal loyalty (or personal connection) to Donald Trump.

He couldn’t get those same people out to vote for his chosen candidates in other elections.

If all the primaries used ranked choice voting, they wouldn’t be so bad.

Grievance populism doesn’t work in a state where 40% of the population are card-carrying members of “the elite”.

Yes, his policy, the things he did as opposed to the stuff he tweeted.

Agreed and it would probably solve the Chase problem.

Yeah it’s not a cult of personality. You realize you’re one of like a tenth of Republicans who even pretend not to love the guy anyway and we don’t believe you anyway.

If you’re going to use ranked-choice voting, why even have primaries?

Baby steps.

Yes. Agreed. Trump both times in VA drew out 1st time voters to vote against him.
Trump helped turn VA blue. Before Trump VA was a president swing state, had a republican State Senate, a Republican Legislator, and a Dem Gov who won a close race 2 years earlier, and more Republican US Reps then Dems

After Trump we have a Dem Gov that won in a landslide, a state that is no longer considered a swing state, a Dem Senate, a Dem State house, and 7-4 Dem advantage in the US house.

So I will repeat -As a Dem, i hope the VA GOP nominates Amanda Chase to continue to trend.

Were you rooting for Trump to get the win in 2016? How that work out for you? Oh and that means blue was in charge over this entire covid lock down thing, that may be a factor going forward as well.

You are confusing national with VA.
I dont want Amanda chase to be the nominee for GOP for President. That would be scary.

But in VA - Which is what we are talking about - Trumpism has hurt the Republican Party and help turn it blue since 2016.

So for VA -I repeat again -I hope Amanda Chase wins the nomination. Dems would win in a landslide.

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