What do the polls and pundits know? Apparently, nothing! Eric Cantor's defeat in Tuesday's Primary Election in Virginia proves that point. All of the internal polls and DC pundits had Cantor soundly defeating his opponent, David Brat. Even the Tea Party shunned the race.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/us/politics/david-brat-waged-solo-fight-against-eric-cantor.html?_r=0
The Democrats in the 7th Congressional District did not even field a candidate until the last minute. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/meet-jack-trammell-the-democrat-who-will-face-david-brat-the-man-who-beat-eric-cantor/2014/06/10/df00f972-f10a-11e3-914c-1fbd0614e2d4_story.html
Why did the Tea Party and the local Democrats ignore this race? They did because they listened to the polls and pundits. There is a lesson here for all political campaigns. I don't know if the pols will pay attention to the lesson because they are very slow learners.
In my opinion, people are fed up with politics as usual and they are showing up to voice that opinion with their votes. We have less than five months to show potential voters the difference between the two main political parties. If you are uncertain that there is a difference, I invite you to read the new GOP Manifesto here: http://ygnetwork.org/roomtogrow/ I have been commenting on each chapter for the past few weeks in this blog.
Then read the Democratic Platform from 2012. http://www.democrats.org/democratic-national-platform If you still think there is no difference, then please contact me through the blog so we can dialogue.
Please be sure you are registered to vote, have the proper ID's and know where your polling place is located. Vote early if you can and help others to get to the polls. Last, but, not least, vote for Democrats.
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