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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone seems to be blaming Riemer if Blair ends up losing. People will argue though whether he drew more votes from Elrich or Blair. But what about Peter James? He seems to have a more similar profile to Blair (Private sector CEO w/o previous government experience) and got over 2,000 votes. If he hadn't run, I would think likely a lot more of those votes would have gone in favor of Blair.[/quote]

It’s Riemer’s fault. James wasn’t attacking Blair constantly. Riemer was. On social media. In debates. In TV ads. An Elrich victory will be 100 percent Riemer’s fault. That will be the main part of Riemer’s lasting legacy.[/quote]

This is partly my point. James wasn't doing much of anything - so why did he even run? Just having his name on the ballot could have potentially made enough of a difference in the outcome and swung it to Elrich, regardless of what Riemer did. I guess you could make the same argument on a large scale if Riemer didn't run, but Riemer was at least running because he thought he was a viable candidate and had a shot at winning.

And, you can't put the blame all on other candidates either. If Blair loses, it's his fault also. In 2 separate elections he has not been able to draw majority support. He just does not have widespread appeal. I voted for him not with any particular enthusiasm for him as a candidate, but  because I didn't want Elrich to have a 2nd term.

All this goes to show though is that we really need ranked choice voting.[/quote]

I 100% agree with ranked choice voting.   But I think Blair is doing pretty well against the incumbent advantage. [/quote]

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