Eric Cable for NC State House Dist. 104 Episode 06: Why Democrats Should Vote For Me
Episode six of my campaign for the North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 104 Democrats in my district should look at the two candidates and decide which they might agree...
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Hoyer: While House GOPs Partisanship Continues, House Democrats Work to Jump-Start Middle Class
Mr. Speaker, September should be a particularly important month for this House. It will be a month of contrast. It will be a month in which the American peo...
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Chuck Todd: Obama On The Precipice Of Doing Jimmy Carter-Like Damage To Democrats
Chuck Todd: Obama On The Precipice Of Doing Jimmy Carter-Like Damage To Democrats (September 10, 2014)
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By Perry Bacon Jr.
DES MOINES- Iowa Democrats are ready for Hillary for now.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes her first major visit to the early-voting state this weekend, but her huge lead in the polls here obscures a certain lack of passion for her potential presidential candidacy among some key party activists.
Democrats here dont rule out the possibility of falling in love with another candidate as they did with Barack Obama in 2008 -- and backing that person over Clinton again.
Im just not excited about her, said Diane Pickle, an accountant who was an Obama precinct captain in 2008. I admire her. I think shes a wonderful person.
In interviews this week with 15 major organizers, elected officials and activists in Iowa who helped power Obamas upset victory in the 2008 caucuses, they described Obamas early campaign as a political dream come true. His speeches were inspiring, his charisma unparalleled, his supporters a perfect mix of young and old, liberal and moderate.
Barack blew me away, says Tom Miller, Iowas longtime attorney general, who was one of the highest-ranking Democrats here to endorse Obama in 2008 and remains a strong supporter.
But when the conversation turned to Clinton, who is visiting Iowa for retiring Senator Tom Harkins famous steak fry on Sunday, the activists sounded more like political pundits. Nearly all of these activists said no other potential candidate is as experienced or qualified as the former secretary of state and first lady. Foreign policy would be a key theme of the 2016 campaign, they noted, right in her wheelhouse. And Clinton is electable, several said.
Im looking. I keep thinking, am I the only one looking? I say to people, why not Joe Biden?'
I have a hard time viewing it (2008) as a vote against her, as opposed to it was time for something new and giving that a try, said Phil Roeder, a public relations professional who was a precinct captain and organizer for Obama in 2008.
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Iowa Democrats Weigh Giving Clinton a Second Chance
One thing you should know before I even get started: I have never missed a Congressional generic ballot yet. No other polling company has published a generic ballot in September so this is the first out of the chute and the new Zogby Analytics matchup shows the Democrats leading by 12 points 42% to 30%. Now, in the full interests of truth, the Congressional generic is not the best barometric reading for an election outcome, but it is at least a useful trend to watch. So this is not a prediction but look at what we found.
The Democrats hold a double digit lead among both men (43%-29%) and women (40%-30%). They also lead 64% to 10% among 18-29 year olds and 44% to 28% among 30-49 year olds. The Republicans lead among older voters, however 41% to 31% among 50-64 year olds and 38% to 31% among those over 65. The Democratic congressional candidate does better among Democrats (87% to 3%) than the Republican congressional candidate does among Republicans (74% to 7%). The same is true among liberals who support the Democrat in their district (83% to 6%), while conservatives only back the Republican 61% to 15%.
But the real story here in this poll is to be found among both independents and moderates two groups that are separate and distinct. Self-described moderates choose Democrats by a wide margin 42% to 19%, with 6% selecting other and 34% undecided. That might not mean a hill of beans in November because there are so many gerrymandered safe districts that moderates dont mean much.
But independents are the truly interesting ones, only half of whom are moderates, with two in three of the remaining describing themselves as conservatives. In this new Zogby poll 20% say they will vote for the Democrat, 16% for the Republican, 15% say other and 49% are undecided. That certainly tells a story right there. First, we have no idea how many of these independents will actually turn out to vote. Second, the groups that the GOP normally count on are more likely to be undecided today for example, whites (27%), as opposed to African Americans (11%) and Hispanics (8%), and Protestants (24%). Even one in three Born Again/Evangelical voters is undecided.
District by district, the GOP is favored to hold on to the House of Representatives majority. But, at least for now, there is no sign of a wave in their favor, something that had started to take shape at this point in time in 2010.
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Democrats Lead Republicans 42%-30% in Congressional Generic