2021 VA Governors race

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm undecided between

https://www.youngkinforgovernor.com/

and

https://petesnyder.com/

Snyder is a Trumper. Amanda Chase is too and crazy but somehow leading!!? Good God.

I'm an Independent and I'm trying to decide which primary I'm voting in. Part of me wants a republican gov so we will have a republican Sec. of Education. Really dislike the new equity math initiative that eliminates all advanced math until 11th grade. Thinking Kirk Cox is the least crazy of the Repubs running?

No primary this year; the VA Republicans are hosting a convention and having delegates choose the nominee. https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2021_(May_8_Republican_convention)

I think Snyder is a wolf in sheep’s clothing on the Trumper thing and trying to pander to get their votes. He advised Romney’s 2012 campaign, after all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm undecided between

https://www.youngkinforgovernor.com/

and

https://petesnyder.com/

Snyder is a Trumper. Amanda Chase is too and crazy but somehow leading!!? Good God.

I'm an Independent and I'm trying to decide which primary I'm voting in. Part of me wants a republican gov so we will have a republican Sec. of Education. Really dislike the new equity math initiative that eliminates all advanced math until 11th grade. Thinking Kirk Cox is the least crazy of the Repubs running?

No primary this year; the VA Republicans are hosting a convention and having delegates choose the nominee. https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2021_(May_8_Republican_convention)

I think Snyder is a wolf in sheep’s clothing on the Trumper thing and trying to pander to get their votes. He advised Romney’s 2012 campaign, after all.

PP here. Just looked into and saw that. Well I guess that makes my choice easier. I'll vote in the Dem primary and then decide if the winner of that is better than whomever the GOP insiders pick. I will never vote for Chase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm undecided between

https://www.youngkinforgovernor.com/

and

https://petesnyder.com/

Snyder is a Trumper. Amanda Chase is too and crazy but somehow leading!!? Good God.

I'm an Independent and I'm trying to decide which primary I'm voting in. Part of me wants a republican gov so we will have a republican Sec. of Education. Really dislike the new equity math initiative that eliminates all advanced math until 11th grade. Thinking Kirk Cox is the least crazy of the Repubs running?

No primary this year; the VA Republicans are hosting a convention and having delegates choose the nominee. https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2021_(May_8_Republican_convention)

I think Snyder is a wolf in sheep’s clothing on the Trumper thing and trying to pander to get their votes. He advised Romney’s 2012 campaign, after all.

PP here. Just looked into and saw that. Well I guess that makes my choice easier. I'll vote in the Dem primary and then decide if the winner of that is better than whomever the GOP insiders pick. I will never vote for Chase.

Dems are having a legit primary this year? That’s great. I really like Youngkin but who knows if he’ll win (fingers crossed). I looked at the delegate form for the Rs and noticed that you have to “pledge to support” whoever the nominee actually is. Not sure how I feel about that or how that’s enforceable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm undecided between

https://www.youngkinforgovernor.com/

and

https://petesnyder.com/

Snyder is a Trumper. Amanda Chase is too and crazy but somehow leading!!? Good God.

I'm an Independent and I'm trying to decide which primary I'm voting in. Part of me wants a republican gov so we will have a republican Sec. of Education. Really dislike the new equity math initiative that eliminates all advanced math until 11th grade. Thinking Kirk Cox is the least crazy of the Repubs running?

No primary this year; the VA Republicans are hosting a convention and having delegates choose the nominee. https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2021_(May_8_Republican_convention)

I think Snyder is a wolf in sheep’s clothing on the Trumper thing and trying to pander to get their votes. He advised Romney’s 2012 campaign, after all.

PP here. Just looked into and saw that. Well I guess that makes my choice easier. I'll vote in the Dem primary and then decide if the winner of that is better than whomever the GOP insiders pick. I will never vote for Chase.

Dems are having a legit primary this year? That’s great. I really like Youngkin but who knows if he’ll win (fingers crossed). I looked at the delegate form for the Rs and noticed that you have to “pledge to support” whoever the nominee actually is. Not sure how I feel about that or how that’s enforceable.

Yes at least 3 are running, maybe more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm undecided between

https://www.youngkinforgovernor.com/

and

https://petesnyder.com/

Snyder is a Trumper. Amanda Chase is too and crazy but somehow leading!!? Good God.

I'm an Independent and I'm trying to decide which primary I'm voting in. Part of me wants a republican gov so we will have a republican Sec. of Education. Really dislike the new equity math initiative that eliminates all advanced math until 11th grade. Thinking Kirk Cox is the least crazy of the Repubs running?

No primary this year; the VA Republicans are hosting a convention and having delegates choose the nominee. https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2021_(May_8_Republican_convention)

I think Snyder is a wolf in sheep’s clothing on the Trumper thing and trying to pander to get their votes. He advised Romney’s 2012 campaign, after all.

PP here. Just looked into and saw that. Well I guess that makes my choice easier. I'll vote in the Dem primary and then decide if the winner of that is better than whomever the GOP insiders pick. I will never vote for Chase.

Dems are having a legit primary this year? That’s great. I really like Youngkin but who knows if he’ll win (fingers crossed). I looked at the delegate form for the Rs and noticed that you have to “pledge to support” whoever the nominee actually is. Not sure how I feel about that or how that’s enforceable.

Can anybody vote in the Dem primary? Registered R or I or neither?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm undecided between

https://www.youngkinforgovernor.com/

and

https://petesnyder.com/

Snyder is a Trumper. Amanda Chase is too and crazy but somehow leading!!? Good God.

I'm an Independent and I'm trying to decide which primary I'm voting in. Part of me wants a republican gov so we will have a republican Sec. of Education. Really dislike the new equity math initiative that eliminates all advanced math until 11th grade. Thinking Kirk Cox is the least crazy of the Repubs running?

No primary this year; the VA Republicans are hosting a convention and having delegates choose the nominee. https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2021_(May_8_Republican_convention)

I think Snyder is a wolf in sheep’s clothing on the Trumper thing and trying to pander to get their votes. He advised Romney’s 2012 campaign, after all.

PP here. Just looked into and saw that. Well I guess that makes my choice easier. I'll vote in the Dem primary and then decide if the winner of that is better than whomever the GOP insiders pick. I will never vote for Chase.

Dems are having a legit primary this year? That’s great. I really like Youngkin but who knows if he’ll win (fingers crossed). I looked at the delegate form for the Rs and noticed that you have to “pledge to support” whoever the nominee actually is. Not sure how I feel about that or how that’s enforceable.

Can anybody vote in the Dem primary? Registered R or I or neither?

Yeah, anyone can vote. It’s not like DC where you’re registered to a specific party.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know - if a D wins Gov, will s/he want his or her own Sec of Ed, or would we likely be stuck with the current one? I really dislike the one we have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know - if a D wins Gov, will s/he want his or her own Sec of Ed, or would we likely be stuck with the current one? I really dislike the one we have.

they pick their own, but sometimes they keep someone if they like the person enough

[Anonymous]

Does it really matter what happens before the final ballot? We all know how this works. The R candidate will be in the lead until the NOVA votes roll in and then the D candidate will win.

A potato chip could be running on the Democratic ticket and would win NOVA's vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm undecided between

https://www.youngkinforgovernor.com/

and

https://petesnyder.com/

Snyder is a Trumper. Amanda Chase is too and crazy but somehow leading!!? Good God.

I'm an Independent and I'm trying to decide which primary I'm voting in. Part of me wants a republican gov so we will have a republican Sec. of Education. Really dislike the new equity math initiative that eliminates all advanced math until 11th grade. Thinking Kirk Cox is the least crazy of the Repubs running?

No primary this year; the VA Republicans are hosting a convention and having delegates choose the nominee. https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2021_(May_8_Republican_convention)

I think Snyder is a wolf in sheep’s clothing on the Trumper thing and trying to pander to get their votes. He advised Romney’s 2012 campaign, after all.

PP here. Just looked into and saw that. Well I guess that makes my choice easier. I'll vote in the Dem primary and then decide if the winner of that is better than whomever the GOP insiders pick. I will never vote for Chase.

That is probably why they are not having a primary because if they allowed a vote it would definitely be Chase. I have seen enough Youngkin signs in affluent areas of VA to know that he is certainly the most likely to be chosen by the party because he has a lot of high value donors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it really matter what happens before the final ballot? We all know how this works. The R candidate will be in the lead until the NOVA votes roll in and then the D candidate will win.

A potato chip could be running on the Democratic ticket and would win NOVA's vote.

Not true. If Justin Fairfax somehow wins the Dem primary he cannot win statewide now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm undecided between

https://www.youngkinforgovernor.com/

and

https://petesnyder.com/

Snyder is a Trumper. Amanda Chase is too and crazy but somehow leading!!? Good God.

I'm an Independent and I'm trying to decide which primary I'm voting in. Part of me wants a republican gov so we will have a republican Sec. of Education. Really dislike the new equity math initiative that eliminates all advanced math until 11th grade. Thinking Kirk Cox is the least crazy of the Repubs running?

No primary this year; the VA Republicans are hosting a convention and having delegates choose the nominee. https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2021_(May_8_Republican_convention)

I think Snyder is a wolf in sheep’s clothing on the Trumper thing and trying to pander to get their votes. He advised Romney’s 2012 campaign, after all.

PP here. Just looked into and saw that. Well I guess that makes my choice easier. I'll vote in the Dem primary and then decide if the winner of that is better than whomever the GOP insiders pick. I will never vote for Chase.

That is probably why they are not having a primary because if they allowed a vote it would definitely be Chase. I have seen enough Youngkin signs in affluent areas of VA to know that he is certainly the most likely to be chosen by the party because he has a lot of high value donors.

That’s horrid if true. Democrats have a small, but not zero, chance of having Fairfax as their nominee and they’re still doing a primary. I doubt Chase would win the primary, but the current voting system the Republicans have set up is absolutely bizarre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg, people have lost their damn minds. Republicans are responsible for how badly all of this has gone, but you’re mad at Dems who want to be as safe as possible, which unfortunately has meant school closures?

Look, I want schools to open back up as much as the next person (beyond thrilled that my little one is starting back just 2 days a week in a couple days!) but I can also see how we got here.

Keep masking and social distancing and get the dang vaccines and maybe, just maybe things can start getting back to some semlance of normal.

It's thinking like this that will keep schools from being fully open under a Democrat governor.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymouspaid off a porn star he rawdogged with campaign funds...shall I continue?


Get your facts straight. The accusation is that he didn't do it with campaign funds, but should have, and thus made an unreported contribution to his campaign.
If he had done it the 'right way' then he would have been what you accused above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m tired of the McAuliffe brand of old white men on repeat. It’s time to let new, diverse generations participate in politics. Voting for JCF.

Caroll Foy's campaign consists of little more of appealing to those who would vote for a black woman merely because of her race. She has little chance of getting through a primary, with McClellan and Fairfax also in the field, much less a general election.

You guys don't get it. Both parties put out extra primary candidates to split up the vote and help the establishment pick. For Republicans they arrange for extra conservative candidates to be in the race to allow their corporate guy to win claiming to be a conservative.
For Dems, they put out extra black candidates and other left-wing people. Dennis Kucinich to take support away from Howard Dean, Carol Moseley-Braun to take away support from Al Sharpton(with a moderator deliberately asking questions to make him look dumb), Mitt Romney had several conservatives in 2012 splitting the field, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, etc. Then when Bernie was ready to win, they arranged for all the candidates to drop out and endorse Biden, including with phone calls from Barack Obama, except for Elizabeth Warren who would drain support from Bernie. They broke their rules to let Bloomberg into the debate when it looked like Biden wouldn't win.

These primary campaigns are being propped up by McAuliffe to divide his opposition.