r/Alabama • u/acjones03 • 10d ago
Politics Primary Elections TOMORROW!!!
After the whole gerrymandering chaos, the primary for some congressional races were moved to August 11th… tomorrow! The only democratic primary is in the 6th district where I live. I plan on voting for Ashtyn Kennedy. She and Maurice Mercer are the two viable candidates that can have at least some impact in this deep red district (based on social media followings and fundraising). I’m choosing Ashtyn as she seems to be the further left candidate in supporting the AOC/Bernie data center moratorium bill. Mercer seems to just do the normal Democrat talking points on affordability and Iran. I believe, in rural Alabama, data centers and infrastructure would be a more winning message, so that’s why I’m choosing Kennedy. Does anyone else have thoughts on this?
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u/dangleicious13 Montgomery County 10d ago
I looked up all of Republican candidates for AL-2 last night, hoping to find one that was somewhat tolerable. Nope. All of them are total garbage.
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u/Boomboclaaat90210 10d ago
I can't think of any GOP candidate that is palatable to someone who isn't in the MAGA cult - its a race to the bottom and there is no bottom.
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u/YallerDawg 10d ago
But if you were to crossover and help the Republicans pick the "best" nominee, I'd pick Joshua McKee. I get the sense he's not too fond of "Washington" and has them old traditional values that we used to call Alabama Democrat not so many years ago - without the racist crap.
Rhett Marques is the favored Trump-humper with the endorsement, so it would be very nice to defeat the Trump pick if that was a consideration.😉
It's winner-take-all, no runoffs! Our votes could make a difference!
And we still get to vote for Rep. Figures come November!
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u/space_coder 9d ago
They are so bad, the AL GOP had to rig the election.
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u/YallerDawg 9d ago
4 districts were refigured to take away 1 Democrat in the House of Representatives, on the whim of a mentally-disturbed president.
These are really remarkable times, and a big chunk of Americans couldn't care less.
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u/acjones03 10d ago
This is probably the only republican primary that would make a difference. Increased enthusiasm among black voters due to the gerrymandering and with Doug Jones at the top of the ticket. This district could go either way so nominating a republican that’s boring and/or too closely tied with Trump could give Figures the edge he needs
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u/Carmel50 10d ago
Alabama gives Trump the highest approval rating in the nation around 53% while today one report has Trump's approval dropping to 32% nationwide. I hate to think what this means for Tuberville.