Re:Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party
by endisneigh on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @08:07PM
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Is your logic that if someone runs and loses a few times for an election then they should stop trying?
Re:Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party
by AlbertCory on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @08:12PM
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Actually, unless they learn something from the failures, yes. Did NYC put him on an upward trajectory, do you think?
Re:Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party
by atatatat on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @08:13PM
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Because the reason he's doing poorly is inability to draw votes away from establishment candidates of the two entrenched parties.
Highlighting that is key to his platform succeeding.
Re:Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party
by AlbertCory on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @09:44PM
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Elections are likability contests in the US. If you try twice and people don't like you... well, I'm sure you're a nice person and a good father.
You can bemoan this and yearn for European elections where the party platform makes a difference. But that's how it is.
Re:Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party
by pharmakom on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @03:39AM
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It’s pretty common for presidents to have lost on their first try.
Re:Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party
by AlbertCory on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @11:28AM
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No, it's common for someone who's won an election somewhere, once or twice, to fail for President.
Nixon won several (Congress, VP). Biden won several (Delaware, VP). Bush 41 won Congressional elections. Reagan won as Governor. Carter won as Governor. Shall we continue?
Yang ran for President. Did very poorly.
Ran for NY Mayor. Did very poorly.
Why does making him the face of a new party make any sense at all?