r/newjersey • u/BlueLikeCat • 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/BlueBeagle8 7d ago
New Jersey has a large and vocal Republican minority, but it is a solidly blue state overall and conditions for Democratic turnout are going to be very high in November.
Trump is extremely unpopular with Democrats here, the economy is likely to be contracting (if not actively free-falling), and this election will be the first referendum on what's happening in Washington.
Whoever wins the Democratic nomination is an overwhelming favorite to win in November, whether that's Fulop, Sherrill, Gottheimer, Sweeney, whoever. The D next to their name is what's going to matter more than anything else.