US Presidential Election 2020

Water John wrote: »

Buttigeig doesn't attract any black voters. That rules him out.

So I hear.

There are two black mayors in Iowa. Both were with Buttigieg yesterday.

It is instructive to look at the county maps for the returns so far, and seeing where the votes are.

Bernie won the cities. The three biggest, Des Moines, Sioux City and Cedar Rapids. Pretty much all Buttigieg's county wins have basically been farmland. He took the city of Davenport (Which isn't much, I've been there a few times). The two biggest employers there are the military and John Deere Tractors.

Now, writ this to the larger national scale. The farmlands are likely to vote Republican, even against Pete. The cities are voting Democrat no matter who wins. Biden, Klobuchar and Warren may not have taken any actual counties, but look where they are polling most strongly, compare that to swing demographics in swing states.

I decided to have a look at the Texas rules, now I'm living here. It's an open primary, I can vote for whichever party I want.

Looking at the list of names, on the ballot is, on the Republican side running against Trump together with five others, a chap named "Roque 'Rocky' De La Fuente Guerra". Californian, never has had much success when he's tried before.
On the Democrat ballot may be found "Roque 'Rocky' De La Fuente." If you think the name sounds like an odd coincidence, you'd be right. The Democrat is the Republican's son.