There are going to be primaries today, even though it finally appears that the Ohio primary has been moved back to June. If you’re an election junkie, enjoy these: they’re the last primaries you may see for 6-10 weeks.
If there’s a silver lining, it’s that lots and lots of voting through early voting has already taken place in Florida and Arizona. Early voting in Illinois sort of happened, but not to the extent that it did in the two sunbelt states.
None of the primaries may be that close, but we’ll see. Maybe Illinois, with turnout depressed, could be.
Personally, I think delayed / postponed primaries will throw a huge monkey wrench into the machinery when it comes to defeating Trump in November. Bernie isn’t going to quit until he is soundly and irrevocably beaten, and that can only happen if (most of) the primaries proceed. So that means there isn’t an inarguable nominee come convention, and maybe there isn’t even a convention. Suddenly we’re 4 months from election and still locked in a pointless fight between Bernie and Biden. That will be a disaster.
I would certainly expect a Biden romp in Florida and Illinois. I know very little about Arizona.
Bernie really needs to step down. Otherwise things are going to get ugly.
I also expect turn-out to be light everywhere, and some idiots in the news media will talk about lack of enthusiasm in the electorate, but they are idiots. Coronavirus will suppress vote, NOT lack of hatred of Trump.
I got out and voted this morning. I wish everyone in America could vote as easily as I can. Walk a block, no line and super nice people. In and out. My neighborhood’s participation rate is pretty much the highest in the City too.
Obviously population density means it can’t be a block for everyone, but voting should be easy for everyone. Every single person who works to suppress voting should be jailed.
Bernie will pout his way to the convention blaming everyone but himself for why he lost. I haven’t seen a single thing from him that would imply he’s changed.
I don’t understand what he thinks he’s doing at this point, but in practical terms he’s exposing people to mortal risk for no good reason and he needs to stop. Now.
It’s interesting that Bernie is so far behind in the Arizona polls. I thought his popularity among Latinxs would make it closer. But, yes, dude needs to go (out of the race and back to the senate, that is). Losing IL and FL by big margins would realistically eliminate him from contention, assuming he’s not already.
