Lotta people out here who will vote republican just to spite a democrat. But I think there are more who just buy the line that republican governance is a foregone conclusion for TN, so they don't bother to vote. Governor Lee only got 59% of the vote in 2018, and that was only with ~50% voter turnout. I think that's an easily overcome-able margin, especially considering Blackburn's history of passing legislation that favors those who bankroll her campaigns.

Texans: First time?

If conservatism worked, Mississippi would be a paradise.

Nominal determinism run amok!

She wouldn't give me the time of day unless I paid her for it.

Of course her campaign website is down. I swear TN Democrats could find a way to step on a rake in their sleep. You could donate through ActBlue https://secure.actblue.com/donate/g4gformweekly

You might be surprised at how many Tennesseans are outside the conservative media bubble. There are a few of us represented here in the thread, and there are more I know of that aren't. I think the longer Trump continues to shit the bed, the wider the cracks in the bubble will get.

I don't really expect internet fame to save her campaign. She's already doing fairly well, compared with previous candidates. I just want to help at the margins, and since I don't have any money I thought I'd give this a shot.

pretty sure facebook is still on the internet. you’re correct about this site being the wrong medium tho.

So I had to look this up because Wisconsin has similar weird demographics skewing heavily toward independent. In the case of Wisconsin, its because party registration stopped some time after 2004, when I first registered (meaning I’m permanently registered as a dem, even if I don’t want to be, because we no longer have a mechanism to change it), and we now have open primaries instead.

TN is similar in that they don't require party registration, and they have open primaties which makes registering pointless. I wasn’t really able to find info on whether or not you still CAN register with a party if you really want to, but I’m kinda guessing no for the same reason you can’t in Wisconsin. They just don’t maintain those systems anymore because they don’t need them.

I don't think states with closed primaries or required party registration have nearly the same level of independent population, and thus influence from independents, but I’m sure that’s on the rise too, as dems have spent decades alienating their base.

Independents Stupid people decide EVERY election in this country.

This is you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4waVhT1euQo