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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalifornia's Trump tax return law raises fears of Republican lockout
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For Republicans who already face a steep climb to blunt Democratic dominance here, the possibility of Trumps absence from 2020 primary ballots threatens to suppress turnout at a time when they need every vote they can get. That risk conjures another scenario thats keeping conservative strategists up at night: Republicans getting locked out of general election races thanks to Californias primary system, which allows the top two vote-getters to advance to the general election regardless of party and regularly produces Democrat-vs.-Democrat contests.
We all know that the top of the ticket generally dictates the turnout, California Republican Party Chair Jessica Patterson told POLITICO. If the Democrats have a huge intensity which they likely will, because our primary is so early and Republicans dont have their likely nominee to turn out to vote for, this could really affect our legislative and congressional races, where two Democrats could end up in the general.
The newly signed law compels gubernatorial and presidential candidates to disclose financial information if they want to appear on primary ballots. It drew nearly immediate legal challenges from Trump and Republican groups, including the California state party, who decry the law as an unconstitutional exercise in partisan politics.
We all know that the top of the ticket generally dictates the turnout, California Republican Party Chair Jessica Patterson told POLITICO. If the Democrats have a huge intensity which they likely will, because our primary is so early and Republicans dont have their likely nominee to turn out to vote for, this could really affect our legislative and congressional races, where two Democrats could end up in the general.
The newly signed law compels gubernatorial and presidential candidates to disclose financial information if they want to appear on primary ballots. It drew nearly immediate legal challenges from Trump and Republican groups, including the California state party, who decry the law as an unconstitutional exercise in partisan politics.
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California's Trump tax return law raises fears of Republican lockout (Original Post)
Gothmog
Aug 2019
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Need all the help we can get, we are fighting the KGB, GOP and a large group
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2019
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)1. Need all the help we can get, we are fighting the KGB, GOP and a large group
that wont vote at all unless it is one certain person.
Uphill battle.
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)2. Trump is not locked out. He can run as a write-in candidate.
Trump is not locked out. He can run as a write-in candidate.
oswaldactedalone
(3,491 posts)3. Problem there is that most Trump supporters
are too low IQ to spell Trump, even if you spot them the first four letters.
NBachers
(17,136 posts)4. Let's all run in circles with our hands up in the air screaming "STATE'S RIGHTS! STATE'S RIGHTS!"
Isn't the Republican Party the Party of "STATE'S RIGHTS??!1?"
Recursion
(56,582 posts)5. Good
If they can gerrymander 51% of the vote into 85% of the seats in Wisconsin, we can do this.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)6. California Republic.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)7. This is beautiful news.