Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: 'AOC lectures Pete Buttigieg for pushing 'GOP talking point' against public education' [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)...with the recent revised primary dates. There were two separate primary dates - June for Federal offices, September for state-wide offices, including Governor. 2018 was a state-wide election year with a highly visible Democratic Governor's primary. Many voters were expecting to vote for Crowley in September, so didn't show up in June.
We're talking about a district that has more than 600,000 residents, less than 30,000 voters turned out, and still Crowley lost by only about 4,000 votes.
On the other hand, addressing one of your other points - Crowley spent more time in the district than she has. Her pointing out that he wasn't in the district was misrepresenting Crowley's record. Plus, he had up and running district offices in the Bronx and Queens where he had staff and met with constituents. For almost six months she had no district offices, just an answering machine that directed constituents to her website (poor and elderly don't generally have internet access!) She now has a desk in State Legislator Reyes' office in the Bronx, and the Queens office opened in June 2018.
It was a fluke primary that most likely won't happen again next year with at least two viable, credible primary opponents.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden