Doug Mastriano Loses Ground in PA Governor Race in Warning Sign to MAGA Good News!

[Demsrule86]

Last edited Sun Aug 21, 2022, 02:16 PM - Edit history (1)

An August 17 poll carried out by Public Opinion Strategies (POS) for Pittsburgh Works Together found Democrat Josh Shapiro has a commanding *50 to 35 percent lead over Trump-endorsed candidate Doug Mastriano. (*Changed to reflect that Shapiro is in the lead). Pennsylvania State Senator Mastriano previously claimed the 2020 Presidential Election was "compromised" and the Republican indicated he wanted to overrule voters in the Keystone State.

Mastriano's campaign against supposed election irregularities in Pennsylvania resulted in positive remarks from Donald Trump, who has continued to allege widespread voter fraud.
Despite a lack of evidence to support the claim, the belief that the 2020 election was somehow stolen is now a shared belief among many Republicans who vocally support Trump.
While Mastriano has won Trump's praise, poll tracker FiveThirtyEight shows five previous surveys found rival Shapiro has opened a solid lead over the GOP candidate

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doug-mastriano-loses-ground-in-pa-governor-race-in-warning-sign-to-maga/ar-AA10TW7m?ocid=winp2sv1plustaskbarhover&cvid=04f1b710adc44ac7b40ac4151c5a7faa

[badhair77]

1. Fabulous news!

Mastriano is traveling to a nearby town on Mon, to a restaurant I used to like. Ugh. The cult will be there but I hope to see their sad faces in Nov.

[Demsrule86]

8. This is such good news...

[Wounded Bear]

2. Text is incorrect...

Shapiro leads 50 to 35, not the opposite.

(I realized this is c&p from the original article. Just saying for the folks here.)

[Demsrule86]

9. Thank you. I am going to fix it with a note that I changed it in update.

[Elessar Zappa]

3. That's great!

There’s no way that Pennsylvania will elect that crazy bigot (Mastriano).

[hlthe2b]

6. "There's no way that the US will elect that crazy bigot (Trump)".... Sound familiar?

Let's not take ANYTHING for granted!

[Elessar Zappa]

7. Of course not, we still have to GOTV and

run like we’re behind but I just don’t see this guy winning. Trump has a sort of dark charisma (I don’t see it but that’s what people tell me) that Mastriano doesn’t have.

[Demsrule86]

12. I agree. I have always believed that a person who is seen as winning attracts voters who want

to be a part of a winning team. This is why I hate doom and gloom so much. I spent years getting out the vote.

[Demsrule86]

10. I agree. Mastriano is a piece of racist, insurrectionist crap.

and will lose

[ColinC]

4. Pennsylvania is going to be a blowout

If things are the way they are now (or better) in November, I suspect the polls will drastically underestimate Dem performance in a bigger way than they overestimated it in 2020. GOTV plays a big role in turnout in every election. Problem is, COVID hampered those efforts substantially in 2020. But not this Roevember!

[Demsrule86]

13. I think so too. I can feel a blue wave coming...we can beat the reptiles this year...keep

both the House and the Senate...with bigger numbers of Democrats in both.

[hlthe2b]

5. I can only hope to DOG that sanity prevails in November---throughout the country.

But this is a good sign.

[Demsrule86]

15. I believe we are going to win PA...both the Senate and the Governor.

[The Jungle 1]

11. He is filthy and Pa knows it.

He has rubbed elbows with QAnon conspiracy theorists, Trump's most prominent election-denying allies and people arrested in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. His active account on Gab — a social media site popular with white supremacists and antisemites where he also spent $5,000 for advertising — prompted a condemnation by the national Republican Jewish Coalition.

Then there's Mastriano's embrace of Christian nationalism, which scholars generally define as championing a fusion of American and Christian values, symbols and identity. Christian nationalism, they say, is often accompanied by a belief that God has destined America, like the biblical Israel, for a special role in history, and that it will receive divine blessing or judgment depending on its obedience.
Info from:
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/decision-2022/doug-mastriano-some-republicans-warm-to-far-right-governors-candidate-in-pa/3315440/

[Demsrule86]

16. I agree. Thanks for this post...a fair number of GOP types are not supporting Mastriano.

[The Jungle 1]

23. Yes that is true

Plus it is a fair number of republicans in leadership positions. Brian Fitzpatrick from the 1st district of the US house is one.

[CaptainTruth]

14. FWIW FiveThirtyEight rates Public Opinion Strategies as an A- pollster

[Demsrule86]

17. That is excellent news! Thanks for that...

[Demovictory9]

18. good

[Demsrule86]

20. Yup...good news.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

19. Reminder: there are other positions on the ballot. Don't be complacent!

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

[Demsrule86]

21. Excellent ditty...Roe Roe Roe you vote...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

22. If it runs in a loop in every eligible voter's head, we will have a blue wave like never before.

Women are not government-owned incubators. The radicalized Republican party went way out of line with their Subversive 6.

[Demsrule86]

24. Exactly right. MSNBC had a BS poll on showing Roe number 8 in concern...I don't buy it.

The media doesn't know how to measure the Roe vote and likely doesn't want to...going to have a horse race by God if they have to lie to do it.