Feel free to tell me I'm being too nosy(!) but from the standpoint of trying to get out of my own echoc chamber just curious as a SMOD Republican what policies/events would cause you to either register a protest vote for a none Republican candidate, or decide to not vote at all, in 2018?
Or do you always base midterms on the local candidate/issues rather than a broader signal to the federal level so the issue would only arise in 2020 - when we can all look forward to a rerun of Clinton/Trump
Events, dear Legs, events...
I registered Republican some years to try to have more influence on local elections, especially via supporting reasonable primary candidates. We'll see who they manage to throw into the pit against Nelson in 2018. They'll have to find somebody as smooth as little Marco to win, and I don't think they have found that individual yet. I'll tell you that much. I think Nelson keeps his seat here, but the house doesn't move much in this area. Corinne hasn't exactly helped the (D) party, but her nominal replacement is a big image upgrade despite not being in Jacksonville. Unsafe seats are outside of my part of the state.
I also thought Hillary would win a close election, so what do I know?
Trump is president, and there's a lot that can go wrong and a lot that can go right. It's more important to avoid things that go wrong. I'll watch the economy - not the stock market, the economy. I'll watch what happens regarding terrorist violence in the US. I'll watch the overall mood on the ground. I'll watch Trump along with everyone else. He could help himself by deflecting attention elsewhere, but it's not his way.
when we can all look forward to a rerun of Clinton/Trump
Really? I don't think so. I bet we don't even know the name yet of the person that the Democrats will run in 2020. Not who they'll nominate, I mean who they even ARE yet. They'll be under 50, too. Time for us boomers to shuffle along...
