2026-08-06 14:17 UTC
@Doodlelegs@mastodon.social The other dynamic is just a normal group dynamic and a weakness of late primaries. It takes supporters a while to recalibrate and get over their anger at losing.
All of the party leaders National and State and County level will say and do the right things to unify the party. But voters can be and are fickle. El-Sayed only has 5 weeks until voting starts for the general election but I am not confident he will put much effort into it.
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@juliehuz@mastodon.world 2026-08-06 14:21
@Doodlelegs@mastodon.social The other dynamic that will come into play is just racism. The polling from 4 different pollsters in the final weeks showed that El-Sayed would win by double-digits. He won by less than 1% point. That tells me voters have a degree of secret shame they are dealing with. We used to see that with Black candidates in the 80s-90s in suburban districts. Then with women in the 90s. They would give pollsters the answer they thought would make them sound smart