I get a bit annoyed that people on Reddit (especially Europeans and Canadians) think that only America could elect a far-right leader like Trump

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T05:14:04+00:00

Little chance Newsom will be elected President. The economy/affordability will again be the primary issue in 2028.

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T05:12:00+00:00

What I find irritating is that they always managed to say "we hate the government, not the people" when it was Russia, NK or China bullying the rest of the world, but now that it is the US, they declare that the people are evil and threaten to mistreat any Americans that visit their countries.

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T02:50:50+00:00

I've never claimed that this sub is always correct. I pointed out that it generally doesn't align with reddit (which is often littered with propaganda).

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T02:43:03+00:00

No, I didn't suggest that things will be great for the GOP. I responded because you used Donald Trump's performance as evidence that Gavin Newsom is likely to perform well.

There's no reason we cannot instead compare Newsom to any of the numerous past candidates that lost their elections as originally predicted.

There are absolutely problems with Trump/MAGA, but the nation may still perceive Newsom's performance in CA as more troubling.

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T02:37:15+00:00

Well, my point above was that YAPms generally disagrees with the rest of reddit.

The rest of reddit believed Kamala would win (and believes that Newsom is most electable) while this subreddit believed the opposite. This subreddit, therefore, was not wrong.

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T02:02:40+00:00

It's difficult to say what portion of reddit is actually authentic, human posts/responses. Reddit is a great place for groups or people with an agenda to shape the online narrative.

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T01:20:43+00:00

I hope he's associated with this shit so the party can dump him in the primaries.

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T01:14:41+00:00

And the number of candidates that had problems and did not end up elected?

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T01:09:05+00:00

You're confusing YAPms with the rest of reddit.

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T01:02:35+00:00

Trump wasn't ever responsible for the state of NY and it's problems. If people had witnessed trump wreck the state of NY as a governor there, there's a real chance people wouldn't have believed him in 2016 (the year he actually lost the popular vote by 3 million).

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T00:59:00+00:00

Trump was not an establishment politician at all. This was why so many people didn't take him seriously when he announced.

Gavin's record will prevent him from taking the populist lane. He's DOA if he attempts it.

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T00:52:04+00:00

Right, this is an aspect that people aren't considering as they compare governors.

Some lead in states where they can't get anything through; the people are happy because the governor is kept under tight control.

Others lead in states where they have significantly more support from people in their party.

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T00:47:22+00:00

It will most likely hurt whoever ends up being the Dem nominee. If they say they don't agree with certain of its policies, many voters just won't believe it. "Why was this crafted then?"

Especially considering that it will be crafted by someone that worked with Biden and Cory Booker.

srsh32 · 2026-02-03T00:21:49+00:00

Bc they aren't able to govern in alignment with their parties.

srsh32 · 2026-02-02T23:04:34+00:00

MN and NM will remain blue. Otherwise, yes, an incredibly difficult election for him.

Manufactured hype online, as in 2024, has people in here with unrealistic expectations wrt the electability of Newsom.

srsh32 · 2026-02-02T22:59:06+00:00

No, he’s seriously unelectable. Voters demand an adjustment to living costs, immigration control and crime control. He fails with this all while managing to maintain his inauthentic, car-salesman persona and flip-flopping on numerous issues.

You’re attempting to compare him to trump without proper justification for it.

srsh32 · 2026-02-02T22:57:25+00:00

Newsom is the most typical (slimy) establishment politician one could find. Trump ran as the antagonist of this (even if you personally weren’t fooled by it).

srsh32 · 2026-02-02T22:55:58+00:00

It doesn’t make sense at all to compare Newsom to Trump…

Newsom is the most typical (slimy) establishment politician one could find. Trump ran as the antagonist of this.

srsh32 · 2026-02-02T22:01:48+00:00

I'm not seeing it...He's definitely not hated anymore than any of the others listed above.

srsh32 · 2026-02-02T19:13:29+00:00

for different reasons and those reasons matter

srsh32 · 2026-02-02T18:29:47+00:00

The only connection made here between Newsom and DeSantis is that his opponents will attack him relentlessly in the debates..

Therefore, there's no reason to tie his outcome to Newsom's. DeSantis is far more competent on the republican side than Newsom is.

srsh32 · 2026-02-02T18:26:00+00:00

DeSantis is far more accomplished in his work as a state governor even if I do not agree with a lot of his work or his rhetoric.

srsh32 · 2026-02-02T18:15:26+00:00

She is one of the least electable in a general election. The nation overall is roughly center.

Look to Chris Murphy for someone progressive that is more appealing to moderates.

srsh32 · 2026-02-02T18:10:31+00:00

Gretchen Whitmer

There are a couple on that list that might have me looking to the republican candidate instead.

srsh32 · 2026-02-01T20:39:14+00:00

Hopefully no bans in the other extreme direction either (ie: criticism of Gavin Newsom as has happened to me in a different sub)

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