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NitronicFury t1_ivn0w75 wrote

Reply to comment by thehillshaveI in Republican Allan Fung concedes to Seth Magaziner in Rhode Island's 2nd District by therealDrA

He legitimately could have beaten McKee for governor. Instead you ran in a D+18 district for a federal office after losing statewide office twice. Oh well, goes to show you the level of forward thinking we “missed out” on

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QuirkyWafer4 t1_ivn8a9i wrote

Even though I’m relishing in Fung losing, this still was a very close race in a D+18 district. There was only a 3% difference between him and Magaziner.

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boulevardofdef t1_ivoolse wrote

Fung really was a strong candidate and Magaziner is kind of a dud, but that wasn't enough to overcome the district's huge partisan lean.

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anotheronebytesdust t1_ivnn7aw wrote

Tbf I’m from this district and am pretty surprised he lost. Believe it or not, northern Rhode Island is MAGA country.

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NitronicFury t1_ivnnqiz wrote

Oh I know, I’m also from RI-02. I do live in one of the coastal blue towns, but if you drive five minutes north or west from the beach you see it gets pretty red really quick.

The thing is though between South County + 1/2 of Providence this race was 100% Magaziner’s to lose. And we’re starting to see the polling error giving Fung so much confidence is a nationwide trend as Democrats outperform House expectations

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derpbeluga t1_ivo5twu wrote

I wonder if it has anything to do with how these polls are conducted. I don't know a single person under 50 who has a land line or even answers their cell if they get a call from a number they don't recognize. If these polls are done by phone, then it would make sense that mostly republican voters participate.

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Throwaway1231200001 t1_ivoq5my wrote

I've been getting poll text message surveys since before the primaries so they don't just rely on the landline/unknown call game

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derpbeluga t1_ivoqnb6 wrote

Oh good the know. However, the same thing might be happening. I personally would never reply to a text message asking me about my political views. I would assume it would be similar to one of those fake "Should illegal immigrants receive stimulus checks, vote now" online polls that in reality are just ads to get you to donate money to some political candidate.

Older people might be more inclined to respond.

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boulevardofdef t1_ivoodem wrote

The problem for Republicans here is, as the saying goes, land doesn't vote. If you drive around Northern RI, you're going to see a lot of red and not a lot of blue. But that area is relatively sparsely populated. The population centers in Providence, Warwick and Cranston (where Fung is the popular former mayor and only won by 3 percent) make it very difficult for a Republican to win this district even if most of the land leans to the right.

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mhhkb t1_ivn37iy wrote

The inside scoop is that the state GOP doesn't like Fung all that much and tried to sandbag him with Patricia Morgan last time he ran for Gov. He's not white and blonde enough for them. Or whackjob enough for them.

If he stayed a Democrat (he was one, but the racist Ds in Cranston didn't want him when he tried to run for City Council), he would win in landslides no matter what race he chose. Maybe now Fung can wake up and realize that unless he goes 100% gun nut nazi, he'll never be a successful Republican.

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therealDrA OP t1_ivn4rmz wrote

They cleared the field for him this year. Bob Lancia was railroaded with a pitchfork (not that I mind) to step out of the race.

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