Esteemed contributor Cos responds to my Election Day Preview post:
I’ve been working on recruiting volunteers for Mac D’Alessandro.
What do I see? Well, each time I’ve gone door to door for Mac, I met people who were unhappy with Stephen Lynch – but always, some of them didn’t know (until we spoke) that Lynch had a serious challenger this year. That’s what happens when the primary is so close after Labor Day, and so many people are distracted with other things over the summer and not paying attention to politics. And that’s why we need those volunteers tomorrow! It’s a totally winnable race – you may recall that support for Lynch is in the 30s – but to win we need enough people to get out the vote in Mac’s best precincts.
What else do I see? How good Mac D’Alessandro is at putting forth the common sense progressive point of view.
Please join us tomorrow!
(The piece Cos links to about Lynch’s unpopularity is from a piece by David Bernstein in The Phoenix in June: “Barely a third of likely Democratic primary voters in his district say that Steve Lynch deserves re-election, according to April poll numbers obtained by the Boston Phoenix.”)
cos says
I’m glad you like my comment! Yesterday’s quote of the day has to go to EaBo on Red Mass Group, who wrote,
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p>(I took the liberty of correcting the spelling of Mac’s name đŸ™‚
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p>Who wants to help us elect the most dangerous man to Congress? Call me at the campaign office at 617-417-6522.
seascraper says
Your report deftly avoids the possibility that the 70% unhappy with Lynch are leaning to his right and not to his left.
cos says
a) It was a poll of Democratic primary voters, not all voters
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p>b) In my experience, lots of voters who are dissatisfied aren’t aren’t even looking at it in left-right terms. Of course there’s a progressive movement who are upset at Lynch from the left, but plenty of other voters think he’s unresponsive or have particular issues they disagree with him on, etc., and don’t view it in terms of an ideological continuum.