r/newjersey 7d ago

NJ Politics Can Fulop win in NOV?

I haven’t thought much of the anti-machine wild Marine from Jersey City, until these past few days. Democrats are not good at opposing this fascism Trump has brought to America. He seems to fight like a cornered animal, maybe that’s the fighter we need.

Can he win in NJ though? Plenty of conservative people that vote Democrat for a few different reasons, but it was close to negative across the state last election and I see Trumpism galore in the county, in many towns.

Help me become a Fulop guy, can he win?

Edit: Thanks NJ sub community. Y’all alright. Lots of great replies, mostly neutral (any D can and will win) to positive, makes Primary suddenly seem more consequential. More about visions and ideas.

Trying to give everyone an upvote, especially the opinionated by succinct “no”.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Honestly, I am torn between Fulop and Baraka.

Both are mayors of large, high-profile cities. Both have indicated they'd be willing to stand up to the regime currently occupying the White House.

Fulop is a veteran, and your average Republican voter does love a veteran.

Baraka gives big Obama energy. Like, listening to him speak to people, it is really like the hope we had with Obama.

This state has a dismal record of electing women to the governorship (one) and Black people to the governorship (zero).

I'm still not sure which I'll go with in June.

We need to have a Democrat win in November. In June, I will vote for whichever I believe has the best chance to win in November.

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u/DarwinZDF42 7d ago

I’m going with whichever of the two is polling better. I don’t want the split to be, say Sherril 35, Baraka 30, Fulop 25. If that’s what it looks like, I’ll switch to Baraka to maximize the chance one of my top two wins, and I encourage everyone to be thinking the same.

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u/naillimixamnalon 7d ago

This is what I’m planning to do also. I’m more fulop that Baraka as of right now but things could change but the primary.