Hogan running for Senate

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Yikes. That's pretty bad for Hogan to lose 30% of the vote to that Robin Ficker of all people. Seems like Hogan is not as popular as people think he is.

Have you looked at Ficker’s positions? He’s way to the right of Hogan. The people who voted for him will vote for Hogan in the general election.

Did these people not see Fickers ads? He went full MAGA. None of those folks will refuse to vote for Hogan in the general election.

MAGAs hate Hogan and may not actually vote for him in the general.

As between Hogan and Alsobrooks the MAGA’s and other GOP will vote for Hogan, without exception.

MAGAs won't vote for Hogan unless he bends the knee before Trump and receives his endorsement.

If he does that, any right minded conservative or independent will vote for Alsobrooks.
If he doesn't do that, the MAGAs stay home.

See the problem he and other traditional conservsiives have?

I think he needs to speak more to the moderate and independent voters to win. He is already distant from Donald Trump.

I don't think it will be possible to successfully distance yourself from Donald Trump when you're running as a Republican in November 2024.

You might be right about that. Angela Alsobrooks was even running ads linking David Trone to Donald Trump.

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I mean yes, these are the people that voted for Dan Cox. But they certainly won’t vote for Angela Alsobrooks in November.

Actually, my mom is a registered Republican and voted for Ficker in the primary as more of a vote against Hogan. She'll vote for Alsobrooks in November.

Of course, she COULD change her party affiliation, but she likes to vote in the Republican primaries just for situations like this.

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Yikes. That's pretty bad for Hogan to lose 30% of the vote to that Robin Ficker of all people. Seems like Hogan is not as popular as people think he is.

Have you looked at Ficker’s positions? He’s way to the right of Hogan. The people who voted for him will vote for Hogan in the general election.

Did these people not see Fickers ads? He went full MAGA. None of those folks will refuse to vote for Hogan in the general election.

MAGAs hate Hogan and may not actually vote for him in the general.

As between Hogan and Alsobrooks the MAGA’s and other GOP will vote for Hogan, without exception.

Or they might not vote.

Oh, they’ll vote. Anybody who is still registered as GOP in Maryland cares enough about that identity to be sure to exercise it.

They'll vote for president. They won't necessarily vote for senator.

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Yikes. That's pretty bad for Hogan to lose 30% of the vote to that Robin Ficker of all people. Seems like Hogan is not as popular as people think he is.

Have you looked at Ficker’s positions? He’s way to the right of Hogan. The people who voted for him will vote for Hogan in the general election.

Did these people not see Fickers ads? He went full MAGA. None of those folks will refuse to vote for Hogan in the general election.

MAGAs hate Hogan and may not actually vote for him in the general.

As between Hogan and Alsobrooks the MAGA’s and other GOP will vote for Hogan, without exception.

MAGAs won't vote for Hogan unless he bends the knee before Trump and receives his endorsement.

If he does that, any right minded conservative or independent will vote for Alsobrooks.
If he doesn't do that, the MAGAs stay home.

See the problem he and other traditional conservsiives have?

Completely disagree. Hogan has already done enough for them by saying that he will caucus with Republicans. That means he is a guaranteed vote to confirm Trump’s Supreme Court nominees if his vote is needed. That’s all MAGA needs to hear.

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I mean yes, these are the people that voted for Dan Cox. But they certainly won’t vote for Angela Alsobrooks in November.

Actually, my mom is a registered Republican and voted for Ficker in the primary as more of a vote against Hogan. She'll vote for Alsobrooks in November.

Of course, she COULD change her party affiliation, but she likes to vote in the Republican primaries just for situations like this.

You’re proving the point that the 30+% of Republicans who didn’t vote for Hogan aren’t representative of anything. It’s either Dems screwing around by registering as Republicans to vote in their primary or MAGAs, neither of which are the Larry Hogan base.

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Yikes. That's pretty bad for Hogan to lose 30% of the vote to that Robin Ficker of all people. Seems like Hogan is not as popular as people think he is.

Have you looked at Ficker’s positions? He’s way to the right of Hogan. The people who voted for him will vote for Hogan in the general election.

Did these people not see Fickers ads? He went full MAGA. None of those folks will refuse to vote for Hogan in the general election.

MAGAs hate Hogan and may not actually vote for him in the general.

As between Hogan and Alsobrooks the MAGA’s and other GOP will vote for Hogan, without exception.

Or they might not vote.

Oh, they’ll vote. Anybody who is still registered as GOP in Maryland cares enough about that identity to be sure to exercise it.

They'll vote for president. They won't necessarily vote for senator.

I mean, this is what you hope they do, but I don’t know if that will be the case.

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I mean yes, these are the people that voted for Dan Cox. But they certainly won’t vote for Angela Alsobrooks in November.

Actually, my mom is a registered Republican and voted for Ficker in the primary as more of a vote against Hogan. She'll vote for Alsobrooks in November.

Of course, she COULD change her party affiliation, but she likes to vote in the Republican primaries just for situations like this.

You’re proving the point that the 30+% of Republicans who didn’t vote for Hogan aren’t representative of anything. It’s either Dems screwing around by registering as Republicans to vote in their primary or MAGAs, neither of which are the Larry Hogan base.

DP. The point that lots of registered Republicans won't vote for Hogan?

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I mean yes, these are the people that voted for Dan Cox. But they certainly won’t vote for Angela Alsobrooks in November.

Actually, my mom is a registered Republican and voted for Ficker in the primary as more of a vote against Hogan. She'll vote for Alsobrooks in November.

Of course, she COULD change her party affiliation, but she likes to vote in the Republican primaries just for situations like this.

You’re proving the point that the 30+% of Republicans who didn’t vote for Hogan aren’t representative of anything. It’s either Dems screwing around by registering as Republicans to vote in their primary or MAGAs, neither of which are the Larry Hogan base.

DP. The point that lots of registered Republicans won't vote for Hogan?

When they don’t have any other choice the MAGAs will vote for him because he’s a Republican. You don’t think Republicans will start yelling the same arguments Dems are making here for why it’s imperative that everyone vote for Alsobrooks even if they like Hogan? 2 aides, same coin.

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Anonymous wrote:Hogan is a republican first not a human.

This. BLUE Maryland is not going to be responsible for losing the senate

NO!!! Not this.

BLUE Maryland can vote straight Democratic without dehumanizing our opponents.

I want MAGA defeated because they are dangerous to our country. A large part of that danger is this sort of extremist rhetoric against the opposition. Just as it was abhorrent for Trump to refer to his opponents as vermin, it is wrong for us to describe ours as subhuman.

We have to recognize our common humanity, and our bonds as fellow Americans, even with people we vehemently disagree with. If we don’t, we sacrifice the moral high ground, increase the country’s divisiveness, and accept the premise that some people are less than human, at which point it becomes acceptable to be inhumane.

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I mean yes, these are the people that voted for Dan Cox. But they certainly won’t vote for Angela Alsobrooks in November.

Actually, my mom is a registered Republican and voted for Ficker in the primary as more of a vote against Hogan. She'll vote for Alsobrooks in November.

Of course, she COULD change her party affiliation, but she likes to vote in the Republican primaries just for situations like this.

You’re proving the point that the 30+% of Republicans who didn’t vote for Hogan aren’t representative of anything. It’s either Dems screwing around by registering as Republicans to vote in their primary or MAGAs, neither of which are the Larry Hogan base.

DP. The point that lots of registered Republicans won't vote for Hogan?

When they don’t have any other choice the MAGAs will vote for him because he’s a Republican. You don’t think Republicans will start yelling the same arguments Dems are making here for why it’s imperative that everyone vote for Alsobrooks even if they like Hogan? 2 aides, same coin.

The question is, how effective will those arguments be?

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If Hogan wins Republicans will own the Senate this is horrific.

Vote Blue

Hogan is not to be trusted.

[Anonymous]

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I mean yes, these are the people that voted for Dan Cox. But they certainly won’t vote for Angela Alsobrooks in November.

Actually, my mom is a registered Republican and voted for Ficker in the primary as more of a vote against Hogan. She'll vote for Alsobrooks in November.

Of course, she COULD change her party affiliation, but she likes to vote in the Republican primaries just for situations like this.

You’re proving the point that the 30+% of Republicans who didn’t vote for Hogan aren’t representative of anything. It’s either Dems screwing around by registering as Republicans to vote in their primary or MAGAs, neither of which are the Larry Hogan base.

DP. The point that lots of registered Republicans won't vote for Hogan?

When they don’t have any other choice the MAGAs will vote for him because he’s a Republican. You don’t think Republicans will start yelling the same arguments Dems are making here for why it’s imperative that everyone vote for Alsobrooks even if they like Hogan? 2 aides, same coin.

The question is, how effective will those arguments be?

For me personally, I don’t find the argument effective. But, I am a moderate leaning toward Hogan. Maybe the argument would be more effective on a MAGA voter who would never consider voting for Alsobrooks but doesn’t love Hogan and therefore was considering not voting in that race. Given that the MAGA voter will be showing up at the polls to vote for Trump, maybe it’s easier to get them to vote Hogan since they will be showing up to vote anyway. If Trump wasn’t on the ballot I think the MAGAs may just not vote at all.

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Anonymous wrote:If Hogan wins Republicans will own the Senate this is horrific.

Vote Blue

Hogan is not to be trusted.

If Hogan really is a moderate, he wouldn't have run. He obviously knows that if he wins it puts the MAGA agenda in the majority and he just doesn't care.

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Yikes. That's pretty bad for Hogan to lose 30% of the vote to that Robin Ficker of all people. Seems like Hogan is not as popular as people think he is.

Have you looked at Ficker’s positions? He’s way to the right of Hogan. The people who voted for him will vote for Hogan in the general election.

Did these people not see Fickers ads? He went full MAGA. None of those folks will refuse to vote for Hogan in the general election.

MAGAs hate Hogan and may not actually vote for him in the general.

As between Hogan and Alsobrooks the MAGA’s and other GOP will vote for Hogan, without exception.

Voters skip contests all the time. Trump ran behind tons of downballot Republicans in 2020 which is a big reason why he lost. It’s totally plausible that MAGAs will show up to vote for Trump and not vote for Hogan.

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Yikes. That's pretty bad for Hogan to lose 30% of the vote to that Robin Ficker of all people. Seems like Hogan is not as popular as people think he is.

Have you looked at Ficker’s positions? He’s way to the right of Hogan. The people who voted for him will vote for Hogan in the general election.

Did these people not see Fickers ads? He went full MAGA. None of those folks will refuse to vote for Hogan in the general election.

MAGAs hate Hogan and may not actually vote for him in the general.

As between Hogan and Alsobrooks the MAGA’s and other GOP will vote for Hogan, without exception.

Voters skip contests all the time. Trump ran behind tons of downballot Republicans in 2020 which is a big reason why he lost. It’s totally plausible that MAGAs will show up to vote for Trump and not vote for Hogan.

Wishful thinking.