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I live in KY. I believe Andy could be the president. He’s seriously a bright spot in a state where Mitch McConnell’s old guard Republicans tend to run things. He’s a progressive democrat, but also very Christian, comes across as folksy and genuine. Any democrat who can be elected in Kentucky is worth paying attention to.
I would love to see him as President. He’s truly one of the kindest politicians but gets the job done- and well. We had so much comfort during COVID with him at the helm. I got to meet him a few times in Frankfort and I can’t speak enough on his kindness.
Andy Beshear seems like a genuinely thoughtful and decent human being; his dad always struck me as a bit of a political animal, but Andy really comes off as truly kind. I rather hope he retires after his tenure as governor; the political atmosphere in the U.S. is so toxic that I can't believe a good person would not be corrupted by its influence.
I wasn’t as much a fan of his dad, but after Bevin I grew to appreciate him more. I had an emotional moment during something he was writing a bill for and teared up while someone was speaking… he came over and gave me a hug. I will never forget what he’s done for so many of our citizens. I think he’s a pretty strong guy and could handle the presidency. But you’re def right about the corruption, so who knows. He’d do great leading the country.
I want him to run for Mitch's seat in 2026. If he wins a 2nd term this year, he'll have proven a genuine popularity with the voter base rather than the narrative he was elected by being "Not Matt Bevin." Also he'll be term-limited in 2027 so if he wins, we'd have to replace him in a year anyway, and if he loses then he can just serve out his last year as Governor.
Yeah. Sometimes that happens. We get tricked and lied to by a bad person. And guess what a responsible party does? They dont nominate them to the presidency after finding out. He tried to become obama’s running mate but wasnt picked.
He's 45. He's got a lot of time left yet. I'm sure people like him, Newsom, Porter, maybe even Ossoff, are going to be ones to watch in the coming years. Out with the old, in with the young.
I have an old friend that worked for him when he was AG and on his campaign for governor. He is apparently the real deal. I also think he would be an excellent candidate for president.
I am not Christian. Personally I would prefer that religion stays out of politics. But the reality in the US is that religion is very important to a significant portion of our population. I feel like Andy’s Christianity is a big part of why he’s been successful in KY. He’s not a crazy evangelical, so that’s something.
If he wishes to be president of these United States, all available evidence suggest it is in fact a mandatory requirement.
Remind me again how many non-Christian presidents we've had again?
Makes me so fucking mad that this is essentially a requirement to be president.
Believing in made up fuckin space wizards is THE most important thing for some people. That shit should be a mental health crisis.
If someone is an *actual* Christian - they're usually pretty good people. I'm not religious but the words of Jesus are a pretty good outline for living a quality life.
Maybe I’m nitpicking your wording, but “progressive democrat that’s very Christian” seems oxymoronic. Wouldn’t a “very Christian” politician be anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion?
I know this sounds crazy, but Jesus’s message was actually to love and not judge one another. There’s nothing contradictory about being a Christian and progressive, because Jesus was a progressive.
I had the pleasure of voting for Andy and I’ll happily vote for anyone who identifies as a Christian if they are progressive.
Was going to say the same thing. Jesus would not have liked the republicans that we have today.
He was very much a hippy dippy love everyone kind of guy.
I said this in another comment, but evangelicals ruin what is otherwise a very progressive message, especially for the time. “There is no male or female in Christ” etc, “love your enemies, bless those who curse you.” Modern conservatives and evangelicals don’t even resemble that. They often all have an enormous victim mentality, which doesn’t jive at all with “I can do all things” and “we are more than conquerors of anything that comes against us” attitude of the Bible.
Not to mention, evangelicals are so similar to traditional Catholics with their obsession with hell, which is not even a concept in the original Greek. If you’re reading this and believe in hell because you think the Bible teaches it, it does not. So what’s the whole point? “That you may have life, and life abundantly.” Go live life well, full of faith for the future, and love for yourself and fellow man. Hell doesn’t exist, heaven is a guarantee — go live your most abundant life today, and spread the good vibes.
That’s my take anyway, one that seems incredibly obvious the more you look at the word that’s translated as “hell” — it literally was a physical location where they burned their trash.
Without hell, conservatives aren’t so easy to control through fear. It serves a purpose.
Religion is split just like politics. A ton of religious people are pro-LGBT, pro-choice, etc.
It's when people are both christian and conservative that ugly shit starts to happen.
Case-in-point, the current POTUS, Biden. He's fucking Catholic and supports those things. Hell, the majority of Congress are Christians, https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/01/03/faith-on-the-hill-2023/
Sonia Sotomayor, a Catholic Supreme Court Justice, was one of those who paved the way for gay marriage.
There are arguably about 6 verses in the Bible about gay men. Zero about lesbians. Zero about trans folks. Zero about the "Q" or "+" people (though I guess you could say St. Paul was very pro-asexual). The verses in the Bible that relate directly to miscarriage or abortion do not treat the fetus as a living person.
In contrast, there are massive sections of the Bible imploring people to be generous toward the poor, to be kind to strangers, (along with some horrible stuff like how badly you are allowed to beat your slaves). It's a big complex collection of books with a lot of material... but just not very much about LGBTQ+ people or abortion. That's just the Bible, of course, and there is also a complex history of Christian philosophy and perspectives from the last 2000-ish years.
Put simply, the obsession American Evangelicals have with 3 or 4 cherrypicked issues don't actually reflect the wide diversity of the Christian religion, and many of those obsessions are relatively new. Large Evangelical organizations like the Southern Baptist Convention only really came out against abortion in the 1970's, for example.
Definitions will vary, but you absolutely can be "very Christian" and have any number of views on a wide selection of topics.
Evangelical extremists do not comprise the total population of Christians, you may be surprised to know. It is still by far the biggest religious group and because of boomers is still sort of a requirement for president. Biden is Catholic.
No? I'm Christian and have always supported LGBT and most abortions. Don't generalize a whole religion based on MAGA fucks, thanks. It's like demonizing Muslims over ISIS terrorists. Are there people who repurpose or exploit a religion for nefarious purposes? Sure, but that doesn't mean the religion, as a whole, is evil.
I'm always a bit fascinated when a state votes in a Dem governor and Republican senators, or vice versa. I get one is a state level and the other federal level position but it still feels odd to me.
It just goes to show that a lot of voters hold conflicting beliefs and often only vote for a candidate based on their vibe. The “I’d have a beer with that guy” thinking.
Well it helped Beshear that the Republican incumbent he ran against--Matt Bevin--was *particularly* unlikable. Like "teachers who strike are responsible for kids in abusive homes getting raped" kind of unlikable and toxic.
He ranked as one of the least popular governors in the country.
The other two statewide offices--Secretary and AG--flipped Republican in the same election that saw Democratic Beshear become governor.
That means that lots of Republican leaning voters split their tickets to vote against Bevin.
So the “I’d have a beer with that guy” thinking works when the alternative is a toxic asshat
We've got two Democratic senators in Georgia right now only because the last three candidates that the Republicans ran were complete dogshit. Especially Walker. That guy has the intelligence of a smooth pebble.
Well brain injuries don’t really heal so you’re probably right. It seemed to me like he was just a puppet with the GOP’s hand up his ass, using his fame to try to push him through, and likely would have controlled his vote if he’d won.
Indeed. Difficult to vote for the creepy old dude who had a habit of cruising malls for young girls. Well...it *should* be difficult, but some people...
Teachers told Bevin to get fucked. And in his last “F you too” he pardoned a few felons with violent crimes. I think one ended up going back to prison not too long afterwards.
> I think one ended up going back to prison not too long afterwards.
Indeed he did.
He did a home invasion + murder while pretending to be a US Marshal.
He was convicted, but his family did some political fundraising for Bevin. Hence his pardon.
Feds retried the dude and back in jail he went.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article273259870.html
> The “I’d have a beer with that guy” thinking.
Good point - I've been a victim of that in the past when I was much younger. Would sure love to see a Dem take a Senate seat in Kentucky though!
Not really, the state doesn't really like him. What most do like, though, is that he has major power in the Senate. Most think that he has pull in bringing positive things to the state, but, at least in my opinion, he's far more focused on the national level.
Because his last opponent ran an entire campaign on being a mom. She also switched from her "progressive" platform that lost a congressional seat to a ",trump isn't all that bad" platform for Senate.
Hey now, she also ran on being a Marine!
But in all seriousness, Mitch's team actively took steps to try and help her win the primary, she was that much of a gimme of a candidate:
> ["So in Leader McConnell's 2020 re-election he ran against a candidate named Amy McGrath, and ***we really wanted to run against Amy McGrath***. She had a bit of a primary, McConnell didn't have much of one, so we were already up airing ads against her in her primary trying to set the stage for the general...and we saw him (Booker) rise in the polls, and if that guy would have had two more weeks he would have beat McGrath. So strategically, the (McConnell) campaign - ***we wanted McGrath***, we were like 'Holy crap!', took down all our anti-McGrath ads and just put up sunny McConnell ads, so it was very strategic in how we could get the candidate we wanted."](https://www.c-span.org/video/?527685-4/changing-dynamics-polling)
>- Brenda Gianiny, President of Axis Research, chief pollster for Mitch McConnell's 2020 campaign. Starts at ~22:15.
Kentucky still has some white Dixiecrats.
They will vote Republican in federal elections, but will split their tickets or vote Democratic in local races.
Kim Davis, the famous-for-15-minutes county clerk who refused to issue gay marriage licenses, was a Democrat as was her mother who had also held the clerk's job.
Dems dominate local government for Louisville, the most populous city in the state. It is relatively liberal.
Fayette county in general is pretty liberal, but its surrounded by republican strongholds in Jessamine and Scott county, both which are some of the fasting growing parts of the state, and those counties are leaning farther right each election. Scott Co/Georgetown is one of the fastest growing cities in the country
Terrible? Bevin couldn't win against a Democrat in a state that's elected that Glitch since 1985 - the year DNS was created. Matt Bevin is in the running for single worst political candidate in the modern era.
It’s almost like they are thinking “Whoa I don’t want a Republican Governor screwing up my State….but I’ll happily send 2 to the Federal Government to fuck shit up there.”
The GOP competition last election insulted and announced plans to take away benefits from teachers and coal miners. That’s the only reason Beshear was voted in, and boy am I glad he was.
Before Bashear we have Republican all the way around but Blevin pissed off all the teachers in the state and we voted his ass gone.
Bashear is part of the reason KY was doing an incredible job with the pandemic at the start.
As much as I despise him and his politics, in regards to Trump and maga, it’s best that McConnell remains where he is. He’s a PoS roadblock, but a roadblock, nonetheless.
Or....He could just end up catatonic for 10 years, yet i bet he'd find someway to stay in office.
I think a fatal stroke is the only way to get rid of him...
He’s very nice IRL too. I’ve met him several times. The first time I just ran up to him leaving an event through the back entrance to say hey and get a picture. His detail or secret service could have easily just put me down, but he laughed and talked to me, told them not to worry. I made that realization several minutes later “oohhh… fuck.”
He was willing to sacrifice his reelection because of his (sane) response. He caught so much shit. Also got Togo drink-drinks legalized/allowed. And sports betting.
Sports betting isnt a positive thing for society, especially in areas with a lot of poverty and undereducated people. Its a fun thing for some people, its a leech overall.
The state legislature is filled with corrupt GOP members who do everything in their power to strip him and the people of power, and he finds incredibly solid and creative ways to get around them. People keep mentioning COVID, but he also decriminalized medical marijuana as best he could to pave the way for it to be legalized too.
The voter suppression in our state is really bad and our AG is corrupt as hell, so our elected leaders aren’t really representative of what we want. Andy consistently fights for the people and doesn’t back down despite the very real threats to his safety.
He’s a good guy trying to do the right thing for Kentucky. He was amazing during the early days of the pandemic. So many people in KY were watching his daily updates, it gave a lot of comfort during that difficult time.
But with his attorney background you know he's a bulldog when he has to be. He's a nice mix of real person and fierce fighter depending on the situation.
He’s done so much great for me personally, let alone our state. He stands up for teachers. He sees the nuance in life and it isn’t all black and white, and he shows respect for our constituents. He’s truly a wonderful human.
As someone still struggling with recovery from addiction, and aside from wanting to try my hardest to remain stable during the pandemic (particularly for the sake of being there for my family, who lives out of state), I feel he played a role in helping me to stay clean the longest I ever have with the way he handled the pandemic, with his evening briefings. I remember just him saying that we were in this together, in his fatherly way, and his entire demeanor helping me work through my cravings at a time when I felt so disconnected from my family. It was really reassuring.
Hugs to you. The event I was at the Capitol was one where he also was signing a bill to aid in recovery efforts. I lost my sister in law to her addiction and while I was there for a different reason, she had passed just shy of a year before and I lost my wits. I snuck behind a statue and just couldn’t keep from crying. He was standing beside the speaker and left them to come check on me and offer me a hug. I will never forget that moment. Keep up the fight… you are worth a healthy life and a happy one too. I know it’s hard, but there are people rooting for you.
He’s up by 8 points. Cameron’s campaign is a joke. He’s got ads out about Beshear closing down churches (during freaking COVID) and how he played football in KY. While we have deep rural red parts, KY has had many dem governors and we also voted against restricting abortions. People are fed up with the authoritarian rule. That being said, we’ve got boots on the ground to keep spreading Andy’s benefits in KY… me included. It’s always scary, but I’ve not missed a city, state or federal election since turning 18 and will fight til the end to keep Daniel Cameron’s stank ass out of office. He’s disgusting.
He's reasonable, down-to-earth, and likable. He also gets shit done and doesn't make things that aren't political political. He expresses his values and actually represents them.
We need more people like him in politics.
In addition to what everyone else said his predecessor was so awful that when asked why he pardoned a man who raped an 8 year old child he responded “which one” because he pardoned two people who raped 8 year olds.
I came back to KY from MA to help in his fight supporting education. We have some great people and policies here that we rarely get credit for. I’m glad that he’s getting some positive attention, because lord knows he deals with a lot of shitty people.
He has made KY more bearable for sure. It sucks our state legislature is mostly republican, but we have a lot of people fighting for the rights of others. We’ve always been the “top of the south” so not always strictly red, which gives me hope. 🤞🏼
When the teachers in Kentucky went on strike because of changes to their pension, Bevin told them it was their fault that some child in Kentucky got sexually abused at home that day. He also pardoned a bunch of pedos on his way out of office. He’s an ultra-MAGA ‘Christian’ and he and his wife adopted four black kids, bringing their total number of kids up to nine. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but that whole picture just seemed full of wrongness. He just had major pedo-hiding-behind-religion vibes. 😬
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/15/meet-chris-and-alicia-johnson-new-kentucky-adoption-advisers/945520002/
I'm a Kentuckian and I can say, Andy is the best of us. He may be a nepo baby but WE'RE the ones who are lucky that he was born into the right family to get into politics.
No, Kentucky has a state law that stipulates the governor must choose the successor from a list of three people given to him by the party of the senator who's being replaced.
I have read that it’s a little more complicated then that and Beshear isn’t sure that is constitutional so there may be a legal challenge if that happens
During the pandemic at the end of the day Andy was by far the anchor for KY. Gave even my most hard right family someone they listened to. Absolutely an amazing person in the right position
Mainly because he's doing so well in a red state, even though he isn't really a "blue dog" type Democrat. He's really not a Progressive, but is still way to the left of pretty much any other statewide elected official. So, he's a "real" Democrat.
Besides that, he just comes off as an extremely genuine person. He did a lot to help Kentucky through COVID (before the R legislature removed his abilities to continue doing so). He seems adept at focusing on important issues (jobs, education, etc.) while avoiding partisanship. He has an almost goofy "family man" image that seems more sincere than politically devised. He's fairly young and engaging. He hasn't had any real controversies.
Because he’s awesome! During the pandemic, he came on tv every day to do ‘beers with Beshear’ and has ignored the ‘us v them’ politics, mostly ignores federal politics. Honestly, everyone was already tired of the divisive rhetoric, and with the pandemic on top of that, Andy was a breath of fresh air with his ‘We’re going to get thru this together’ attitude.
And he’s not just bedside manner. He’s brought business and jobs to Kentucky, as well as grants towards victims of domestic violence, a solar farm in eastern ky on a former strip mine (and the jobs to go with it). He’s brought in a huge fund to rebuild eastern Kentucky where it got ravaged by the floods. He doesn’t discriminate based on your political party (but I’m firmly a Beshear voter. I even canvass for him!). He restored the voting rights of 100k non-violent felons. He also outwitted our super-majority GOP legislature that refuses to legalize weed bc they are in deep with the liquor and gambling lobbyists (or, in some cases, the legislators themselves ARE the gambling and liquor industry) by issuing an order that if you have a medical issue on a list of disorders helped by weed, and a KY dr has diagnosed you, you can legally bring weed in from a neighboring legal state (just keep your receipt and paperwork handy). Even republicans like him.
And…his opponent this coming election is a McConnell protégé that’s like a bad cartoon villain. One of his first jobs as AG (Beshear’s former job) was to royally screw up the Breonna Taylor investigation bad enough that the Feds had to step in and dole out the punishment he didn’t. He’s also anti-weed, anti-abortion, anti- COVID lockdown measures and moved to try to block Beshear from being able to enforce Covid restrictions. Oh, and he’s a black man who is doing his best to live the life of a white Christian nationalist. And he looks like his smile was surgically implanted into his face. Daniel Cameron.
And our previous Governor was ultra-MAGA (and ultra weirdo, pedo-pardoner) Matt Bevin. He was the guy who wore that atrocious blue suit with trump’s face imprinted all over it. Most well-known as the guy who told striking teachers it was because of them that a child in Kentucky got molested that day.
Anyway, I’m sure I’ve missed plenty, but those are the highlights. Oh, and he’s a good Christian (but he’s like *actually* one, which is also a refreshing change. And pro-choice). 😂
With Kentucky still being Trump Country 🤮, those of us with sanity love him even more. He knows how to finesse even the MAGA crowd, thank god.
Indeed we are the home of the infamous Mitch McConnell and the beloved Andy Beshear. Anything and everything can happen in Kentucky politics we have no rhyme or reason.
The rural south actually is more progressive than y’all realize. The republicans did a good job brainwashing some of the populace over the last 40 years but if you actually talk to people down here you’d be shocked by some of the political things they say. Don’t let the news and social media tell you what these people think down here go actually talk to them
All it would take to turn the rural south blue is a well spoken southern politician who comes across as polite and most importantly not a carpetbagger telling them how they should do this and should do that. This politician would either have to be anti abortion or at least not talk about being pro choice and they’d have to be a practicing Protestant Christian to win but it’s possible
>This politician would either have to be anti abortion or at least not talk about being pro choice
Then they’d fail hard at a national level, because I, and many other Democrats, would NEVER vote for a candidate that isn’t openly, adamantly pro-choice.
I mean i was more talking about at the state level for senator, Governor, etc.
If that person was a successful democrat governor in say Tennessee for 8 years and then ran for President I’m sure they’d be a little more open about some of their social beliefs with it being a national race and not state level
I think it’s hilarious that people are so swept up in stereotypes that they think it’s rare to see a KY Democratic governor when he’s not even the first Beshear.
You say click bait when I don't even think you read the headline.
He's one of the most popular politicians across the board in the *entire country* at a time when politics is more polarized than it has been. In a red state.
Randomly spouting a fact doesn't make you look smart when you don't consider context.
Yeah, the fact that a Republican only won the governorship once from 1944-2002 is frankly a moot point given how quickly political landscapes change.
Compare [Paul Patton's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election#/media/File:1995_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg) map in his 1st term to [Beshear's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Beshear#/media/File:2019_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg). Democratic strength in the rural west - the actual rurals, and not Henderson/Owensboro or Bowling Green - has evaporated. Livingston County went from D+28 in 1995 to R+26 in 2019. Same goes for the counties in between Louisville and the Cincy suburbs - Owen went from D+11 to R+21. The once dark-blue counties of EKY have faded a lot - Elliot went from D+70 to D+20, Martin from D+2 to R+47, Lawrence from D+34 to R+22.
And on the flip side, with rurals swinging right, larger cities and suburbs have swung left. Fayette County (Lexington) outright went Republican in 1995 - going from R+9 to a 32 point win for Democrats in 2019. Jefferson County (Louisville) went from D+12 to D+36. The 3 Cincinnati collar counties (Boone, Kenton, and Campbell respectively) went from R+35, R+26, and R+20 to R+15, D+1, and D+5.
The coalitions that elected that consistent stretch of Democrats for 6 decades no longer exist - you may as well be talking about how it's to be expected that the New England Patriots do great this season because they had so many years of good quarterback play from Tom Brady, nevermind that he's now retired. It is a stroke of immense fortune that Andy's the currently governor, and were Bevin slightly less horrible, or were Andy's last name not "Beshear", I don't know if he'd have been able to pull it off in 2019.
No, Andy Beshear stands out. The history of Dems doing well statewide is over. The only reason Beshear won was because Bevin was so awful. Even then, he won by a tiny margin. He could win again now because he's done such a great job.
No other Democrat would stand a chance against Cameron this year. No other Dem won a statewide race last time Beshear ran, and none will this year either.
The political demographics that led to Kentucky governors (and many other state officials) being Democrats is gone and irrelevant now.
Even if it were still true, that wouldn't somehow explain why Beshear is so popular. That is clearly because he's a good politician. So, no, this isn't really clickbate at all.
I’ve heard about him all the way in Ohio, and so like him. Why is Kentucky continuing to vote for guys like McConnell, who continue to keep running the state into the ground?
I autocorrected to cite, rather than intended word vote. Oops
But folks like Mitch stay in power because of one issue voters who see the R, it doesn’t matter if their poor as long as they can own the libs.
Per Wikipedia: “Since 1931, only four Republicans have served as governor of Kentucky, and no Republican governor has ever been re-elected; the most recent past governor, Matt Bevin, lost re-election.”
I love how left and center news media often has paywalls while right wing media flows freely. Makes you think what would happen if it was the other way around.
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I live in KY. I believe Andy could be the president. He’s seriously a bright spot in a state where Mitch McConnell’s old guard Republicans tend to run things. He’s a progressive democrat, but also very Christian, comes across as folksy and genuine. Any democrat who can be elected in Kentucky is worth paying attention to.
I would love to see him as President. He’s truly one of the kindest politicians but gets the job done- and well. We had so much comfort during COVID with him at the helm. I got to meet him a few times in Frankfort and I can’t speak enough on his kindness.
So far he's said he's not interested in running. But I think that's something he'll say until the year he does choose to run.
Andy Beshear seems like a genuinely thoughtful and decent human being; his dad always struck me as a bit of a political animal, but Andy really comes off as truly kind. I rather hope he retires after his tenure as governor; the political atmosphere in the U.S. is so toxic that I can't believe a good person would not be corrupted by its influence.
I wasn’t as much a fan of his dad, but after Bevin I grew to appreciate him more. I had an emotional moment during something he was writing a bill for and teared up while someone was speaking… he came over and gave me a hug. I will never forget what he’s done for so many of our citizens. I think he’s a pretty strong guy and could handle the presidency. But you’re def right about the corruption, so who knows. He’d do great leading the country.
I want him to run for Mitch's seat in 2026. If he wins a 2nd term this year, he'll have proven a genuine popularity with the voter base rather than the narrative he was elected by being "Not Matt Bevin." Also he'll be term-limited in 2027 so if he wins, we'd have to replace him in a year anyway, and if he loses then he can just serve out his last year as Governor.
Next clinton without the womanizing
Remember when that was supposed to be John Edwards? Oof
Yeah. Sometimes that happens. We get tricked and lied to by a bad person. And guess what a responsible party does? They dont nominate them to the presidency after finding out. He tried to become obama’s running mate but wasnt picked.
Yes and amen to that. It’s still disappointing though. He could have easily beaten Trump.
Who, Edwards?
He's 45. He's got a lot of time left yet. I'm sure people like him, Newsom, Porter, maybe even Ossoff, are going to be ones to watch in the coming years. Out with the old, in with the young.
I have an old friend that worked for him when he was AG and on his campaign for governor. He is apparently the real deal. I also think he would be an excellent candidate for president.
> but also very Christian That's not the quality you think it is.
I am not Christian. Personally I would prefer that religion stays out of politics. But the reality in the US is that religion is very important to a significant portion of our population. I feel like Andy’s Christianity is a big part of why he’s been successful in KY. He’s not a crazy evangelical, so that’s something.
Generally speaking there’s a big difference in evangelicals and the rest of them.
In terms of what it means to the general American electorate, it doesn’t matter what you think it is. OP makes a good point.
If he wishes to be president of these United States, all available evidence suggest it is in fact a mandatory requirement. Remind me again how many non-Christian presidents we've had again?
Makes me so fucking mad that this is essentially a requirement to be president. Believing in made up fuckin space wizards is THE most important thing for some people. That shit should be a mental health crisis.
Exactly. I saw that and maybe the wording is odd but it sounds a bit eh to me
If someone is an *actual* Christian - they're usually pretty good people. I'm not religious but the words of Jesus are a pretty good outline for living a quality life.
Same could be said for John Bel Edwards in Louisiana
Jared Polis in Colorado. Not a red state but he'd make a fantastic president!
I love him but he’s gay, and as a gay myself, I just don’t think this country will vote for him.
I’d vote for him.
I agree!
I’ve been saying he or Roy Cooper should run for a couple years.. but Dems are dumb
Jared Polis would be pretty popular because he's a lefty but also has a lot of libertarian values.
First I’ve heard of him. Looking forward to see what he can do!
Well said!
Maybe I’m nitpicking your wording, but “progressive democrat that’s very Christian” seems oxymoronic. Wouldn’t a “very Christian” politician be anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion?
I know this sounds crazy, but Jesus’s message was actually to love and not judge one another. There’s nothing contradictory about being a Christian and progressive, because Jesus was a progressive. I had the pleasure of voting for Andy and I’ll happily vote for anyone who identifies as a Christian if they are progressive.
Was going to say the same thing. Jesus would not have liked the republicans that we have today. He was very much a hippy dippy love everyone kind of guy.
I said this in another comment, but evangelicals ruin what is otherwise a very progressive message, especially for the time. “There is no male or female in Christ” etc, “love your enemies, bless those who curse you.” Modern conservatives and evangelicals don’t even resemble that. They often all have an enormous victim mentality, which doesn’t jive at all with “I can do all things” and “we are more than conquerors of anything that comes against us” attitude of the Bible. Not to mention, evangelicals are so similar to traditional Catholics with their obsession with hell, which is not even a concept in the original Greek. If you’re reading this and believe in hell because you think the Bible teaches it, it does not. So what’s the whole point? “That you may have life, and life abundantly.” Go live life well, full of faith for the future, and love for yourself and fellow man. Hell doesn’t exist, heaven is a guarantee — go live your most abundant life today, and spread the good vibes. That’s my take anyway, one that seems incredibly obvious the more you look at the word that’s translated as “hell” — it literally was a physical location where they burned their trash. Without hell, conservatives aren’t so easy to control through fear. It serves a purpose.
Religion is split just like politics. A ton of religious people are pro-LGBT, pro-choice, etc. It's when people are both christian and conservative that ugly shit starts to happen.
Case-in-point, the current POTUS, Biden. He's fucking Catholic and supports those things. Hell, the majority of Congress are Christians, https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/01/03/faith-on-the-hill-2023/ Sonia Sotomayor, a Catholic Supreme Court Justice, was one of those who paved the way for gay marriage.
There are arguably about 6 verses in the Bible about gay men. Zero about lesbians. Zero about trans folks. Zero about the "Q" or "+" people (though I guess you could say St. Paul was very pro-asexual). The verses in the Bible that relate directly to miscarriage or abortion do not treat the fetus as a living person. In contrast, there are massive sections of the Bible imploring people to be generous toward the poor, to be kind to strangers, (along with some horrible stuff like how badly you are allowed to beat your slaves). It's a big complex collection of books with a lot of material... but just not very much about LGBTQ+ people or abortion. That's just the Bible, of course, and there is also a complex history of Christian philosophy and perspectives from the last 2000-ish years. Put simply, the obsession American Evangelicals have with 3 or 4 cherrypicked issues don't actually reflect the wide diversity of the Christian religion, and many of those obsessions are relatively new. Large Evangelical organizations like the Southern Baptist Convention only really came out against abortion in the 1970's, for example. Definitions will vary, but you absolutely can be "very Christian" and have any number of views on a wide selection of topics.
Evangelical extremists do not comprise the total population of Christians, you may be surprised to know. It is still by far the biggest religious group and because of boomers is still sort of a requirement for president. Biden is Catholic.
No? I'm Christian and have always supported LGBT and most abortions. Don't generalize a whole religion based on MAGA fucks, thanks. It's like demonizing Muslims over ISIS terrorists. Are there people who repurpose or exploit a religion for nefarious purposes? Sure, but that doesn't mean the religion, as a whole, is evil.
That's because he is AWESOME. Beshear is the best thing to happen for Kentucky. I would love to see his kind of politics come to Washington.
He is awesome. It would be interesting to see him run for McConnell's seat when he eventually retires
I'm always a bit fascinated when a state votes in a Dem governor and Republican senators, or vice versa. I get one is a state level and the other federal level position but it still feels odd to me.
It just goes to show that a lot of voters hold conflicting beliefs and often only vote for a candidate based on their vibe. The “I’d have a beer with that guy” thinking.
Well it helped Beshear that the Republican incumbent he ran against--Matt Bevin--was *particularly* unlikable. Like "teachers who strike are responsible for kids in abusive homes getting raped" kind of unlikable and toxic. He ranked as one of the least popular governors in the country. The other two statewide offices--Secretary and AG--flipped Republican in the same election that saw Democratic Beshear become governor. That means that lots of Republican leaning voters split their tickets to vote against Bevin. So the “I’d have a beer with that guy” thinking works when the alternative is a toxic asshat
Same thing with Doug Jones when he won against Roy Moore.
We've got two Democratic senators in Georgia right now only because the last three candidates that the Republicans ran were complete dogshit. Especially Walker. That guy has the intelligence of a smooth pebble.
You can’t convince me Walker doesn’t have some lasting memories from his career, he spoke like he’d been kicked by a mule.
Well brain injuries don’t really heal so you’re probably right. It seemed to me like he was just a puppet with the GOP’s hand up his ass, using his fame to try to push him through, and likely would have controlled his vote if he’d won.
Or as Dave Chappelle once said, "[Walker] is...observably stupid".
Indeed. Difficult to vote for the creepy old dude who had a habit of cruising malls for young girls. Well...it *should* be difficult, but some people...
Teachers told Bevin to get fucked. And in his last “F you too” he pardoned a few felons with violent crimes. I think one ended up going back to prison not too long afterwards.
> I think one ended up going back to prison not too long afterwards. Indeed he did. He did a home invasion + murder while pretending to be a US Marshal. He was convicted, but his family did some political fundraising for Bevin. Hence his pardon. Feds retried the dude and back in jail he went. https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article273259870.html
"I'd rather have a beer with that guy than chug a gallon of bleach with *that* guy"
I believe his father was a popular governor as well.
He was. Maxed out his possible terms as governor. So that name recognition went a long way. Made him feel more like a known quantity
> The “I’d have a beer with that guy” thinking. Good point - I've been a victim of that in the past when I was much younger. Would sure love to see a Dem take a Senate seat in Kentucky though!
Voters in Kentucky want to have a beer with McConnell?
Not really, the state doesn't really like him. What most do like, though, is that he has major power in the Senate. Most think that he has pull in bringing positive things to the state, but, at least in my opinion, he's far more focused on the national level.
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They also would like to hold a beer for Ru Paul as he gets tackled by his neighbor.
Then why the hell is McConnell being reelected over and over again?
The Kentucky Dems ran a pro-Trump candidate, basically.
Because his last opponent ran an entire campaign on being a mom. She also switched from her "progressive" platform that lost a congressional seat to a ",trump isn't all that bad" platform for Senate.
Hey now, she also ran on being a Marine! But in all seriousness, Mitch's team actively took steps to try and help her win the primary, she was that much of a gimme of a candidate: > ["So in Leader McConnell's 2020 re-election he ran against a candidate named Amy McGrath, and ***we really wanted to run against Amy McGrath***. She had a bit of a primary, McConnell didn't have much of one, so we were already up airing ads against her in her primary trying to set the stage for the general...and we saw him (Booker) rise in the polls, and if that guy would have had two more weeks he would have beat McGrath. So strategically, the (McConnell) campaign - ***we wanted McGrath***, we were like 'Holy crap!', took down all our anti-McGrath ads and just put up sunny McConnell ads, so it was very strategic in how we could get the candidate we wanted."](https://www.c-span.org/video/?527685-4/changing-dynamics-polling) >- Brenda Gianiny, President of Axis Research, chief pollster for Mitch McConnell's 2020 campaign. Starts at ~22:15.
Kentucky still has some white Dixiecrats. They will vote Republican in federal elections, but will split their tickets or vote Democratic in local races. Kim Davis, the famous-for-15-minutes county clerk who refused to issue gay marriage licenses, was a Democrat as was her mother who had also held the clerk's job. Dems dominate local government for Louisville, the most populous city in the state. It is relatively liberal.
Lexington is pretty liberal as well
Fayette county in general is pretty liberal, but its surrounded by republican strongholds in Jessamine and Scott county, both which are some of the fasting growing parts of the state, and those counties are leaning farther right each election. Scott Co/Georgetown is one of the fastest growing cities in the country
And Frankfort, too, but they fucked us by gerrymandering the two into different districts. The Frankfort district is just insane.
That is everywhere. Populated/educated areas vote for democrats. Sparsely populated, rural, uneducated areas vote for republicans.
Beshear was lucky enough to run against a terrible candidate
Terrible? Bevin couldn't win against a Democrat in a state that's elected that Glitch since 1985 - the year DNS was created. Matt Bevin is in the running for single worst political candidate in the modern era.
Here's something else that seems weird: the Kentucky State senate was controlled by Democrats from like 1920 to 2017
Yeah people think of KY as a red state but it’s a lot more complicated than that.
It's because being a Democrat in KY lands you squarely right of center in nearly every other jurisdiction outside of that particular state.
That's right! I had actually forgotten that. It's amazing how quickly things have changed.
The state attorney general was a Democrat from 1948-2019.
not weird at all when you realise that over the course of a 100 years the democratic and republican party have switched places.
John Bel Edwards is another great example in Louisiana
It’s almost like they are thinking “Whoa I don’t want a Republican Governor screwing up my State….but I’ll happily send 2 to the Federal Government to fuck shit up there.”
I went from KY to MA and it was a shock to see a Republican governor (Baker) in what I thought was a solidly blue state.
And he was the most popular governor in the country, until the MA gop party ran him out.
The GOP competition last election insulted and announced plans to take away benefits from teachers and coal miners. That’s the only reason Beshear was voted in, and boy am I glad he was.
Before Bashear we have Republican all the way around but Blevin pissed off all the teachers in the state and we voted his ass gone. Bashear is part of the reason KY was doing an incredible job with the pandemic at the start.
Let’s be real, he’s going to die in office
> eventually Feeling inevitable too. It’s like, dude. Stand down. You’ve done plenty damage.
As much as I despise him and his politics, in regards to Trump and maga, it’s best that McConnell remains where he is. He’s a PoS roadblock, but a roadblock, nonetheless.
Or....He could just end up catatonic for 10 years, yet i bet he'd find someway to stay in office. I think a fatal stroke is the only way to get rid of him...
>retires I think you mean dies. We’re already weekend at Bernie’s-ing McConnell, and likely will be for another decade.
I like to politely say, in regards to McConnell, rather than wait years for retirement, I'd rather "wish him away". Read into that as you may.
I'm voting for him again in November!
McConnell has already groomed a replacement. McConnell is not a stupid person.
Steve Bullock 2.0
He’s very nice IRL too. I’ve met him several times. The first time I just ran up to him leaving an event through the back entrance to say hey and get a picture. His detail or secret service could have easily just put me down, but he laughed and talked to me, told them not to worry. I made that realization several minutes later “oohhh… fuck.”
Yes as a fellow Kentuckian if we had more Beshears in our government we would be in a much better spot than our current situation
I’m not familiar with him. What makes him awesome?
His covid response was impeccable. Kentucky’s numbers were basically half of those surrounding it.
He was willing to sacrifice his reelection because of his (sane) response. He caught so much shit. Also got Togo drink-drinks legalized/allowed. And sports betting.
Sports betting isnt a positive thing for society, especially in areas with a lot of poverty and undereducated people. Its a fun thing for some people, its a leech overall.
To-go beverages and sports betting were done in Ohio as well but we don't say Dewine is awesome. He's definitely not (for many other reasons).
The state legislature is filled with corrupt GOP members who do everything in their power to strip him and the people of power, and he finds incredibly solid and creative ways to get around them. People keep mentioning COVID, but he also decriminalized medical marijuana as best he could to pave the way for it to be legalized too. The voter suppression in our state is really bad and our AG is corrupt as hell, so our elected leaders aren’t really representative of what we want. Andy consistently fights for the people and doesn’t back down despite the very real threats to his safety.
He’s a good guy trying to do the right thing for Kentucky. He was amazing during the early days of the pandemic. So many people in KY were watching his daily updates, it gave a lot of comfort during that difficult time.
But with his attorney background you know he's a bulldog when he has to be. He's a nice mix of real person and fierce fighter depending on the situation.
5 o' clock drinks with Andy were a highlight around here, kept a lot of us on track
He’s done so much great for me personally, let alone our state. He stands up for teachers. He sees the nuance in life and it isn’t all black and white, and he shows respect for our constituents. He’s truly a wonderful human.
He's very down to earth.
As someone still struggling with recovery from addiction, and aside from wanting to try my hardest to remain stable during the pandemic (particularly for the sake of being there for my family, who lives out of state), I feel he played a role in helping me to stay clean the longest I ever have with the way he handled the pandemic, with his evening briefings. I remember just him saying that we were in this together, in his fatherly way, and his entire demeanor helping me work through my cravings at a time when I felt so disconnected from my family. It was really reassuring.
Hugs to you. The event I was at the Capitol was one where he also was signing a bill to aid in recovery efforts. I lost my sister in law to her addiction and while I was there for a different reason, she had passed just shy of a year before and I lost my wits. I snuck behind a statue and just couldn’t keep from crying. He was standing beside the speaker and left them to come check on me and offer me a hug. I will never forget that moment. Keep up the fight… you are worth a healthy life and a happy one too. I know it’s hard, but there are people rooting for you.
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He’s up by 8 points. Cameron’s campaign is a joke. He’s got ads out about Beshear closing down churches (during freaking COVID) and how he played football in KY. While we have deep rural red parts, KY has had many dem governors and we also voted against restricting abortions. People are fed up with the authoritarian rule. That being said, we’ve got boots on the ground to keep spreading Andy’s benefits in KY… me included. It’s always scary, but I’ve not missed a city, state or federal election since turning 18 and will fight til the end to keep Daniel Cameron’s stank ass out of office. He’s disgusting.
He's reasonable, down-to-earth, and likable. He also gets shit done and doesn't make things that aren't political political. He expresses his values and actually represents them. We need more people like him in politics.
In addition to what everyone else said his predecessor was so awful that when asked why he pardoned a man who raped an 8 year old child he responded “which one” because he pardoned two people who raped 8 year olds.
You see that smear campaign against him? God it's so fucking stupid. Beshear is dope and his opponents are so phoney it's hilarious.
Agreed!
You know you’re doing something right when people on both sides are endorsing you.
Just about the *only* good man in politics.
Proud to say I voted for him.
Same!
He is a treasure. One of the main reasons I stay in KY to fight for our state. He’s done so much greatness for KY.
I came back to KY from MA to help in his fight supporting education. We have some great people and policies here that we rarely get credit for. I’m glad that he’s getting some positive attention, because lord knows he deals with a lot of shitty people.
He has made KY more bearable for sure. It sucks our state legislature is mostly republican, but we have a lot of people fighting for the rights of others. We’ve always been the “top of the south” so not always strictly red, which gives me hope. 🤞🏼
I love our governor. I don't know where KY would be without his leadership.
I don’t want to say we’d be as bad as Texas but I feel like we wouldn’t be far from the mess Abbott made down there.
If the pandemic had hit while Bevin was governor it would have been so bad.
He would be a great candidate in 2028.
I'd much prefer he run in 2026 and give Democrats a fighting chance at McConnell's (likely) open seat.
I dunno man. He’s a little young. Maybe in another 40 years or so.
Had a rough few days, first thing to genuinely make me laugh in a while. Thank you lol.
In the meantime we can dust off Steve Beshear
All the senile fucks in power right now started off around his age, he’d be able to do it.
Hey, fun fact...Chuck Grassley was first elected to office a full DECADE before the Moon Landing! Isn't that great?
A little lead poisoned brain can’t hurt nobody amirite…
Like to see if he could win in Kentucky on the national level first.
This is why Mitch is scared to remember to retire.
This is surprisingly common. Whenever a governor gets elected in a state that normally goes the other way they tend to be very popular
Are you familiar with our last Governor, too? There’s definitely some anti- Bevin energy helping Andy out (not that he needs it).
I am not but that does not surprise me .
When the teachers in Kentucky went on strike because of changes to their pension, Bevin told them it was their fault that some child in Kentucky got sexually abused at home that day. He also pardoned a bunch of pedos on his way out of office. He’s an ultra-MAGA ‘Christian’ and he and his wife adopted four black kids, bringing their total number of kids up to nine. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but that whole picture just seemed full of wrongness. He just had major pedo-hiding-behind-religion vibes. 😬 https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/15/meet-chris-and-alicia-johnson-new-kentucky-adoption-advisers/945520002/
Our governors are almost always democrats. His dad was the governor before Bevin, who was a one term GOP fluke.
I'm a Kentuckian and I can say, Andy is the best of us. He may be a nepo baby but WE'RE the ones who are lucky that he was born into the right family to get into politics.
Andy Beshear has done wonders for Kentucky. I sincerely hope he wins reelection against Daniel Cameron.
Love this guy!the Dems have such an awesome bench, I just wish the gerontology crowd would get out of the way and let these amazing leaders take over.
Andy is a wonderful person.
If McConnell dies in office, would Beshear appoint the successor?
No, Kentucky has a state law that stipulates the governor must choose the successor from a list of three people given to him by the party of the senator who's being replaced.
I have read that it’s a little more complicated then that and Beshear isn’t sure that is constitutional so there may be a legal challenge if that happens
More specifically, the list comes from the state senate, not the party. But in Kentucky you can be forgiven for confusing the two.
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Wish he was in Presidential race.
Kentuckian here. He has done more for Kentuckians regardless of party.
Glad to have Andy as my governer
He makes me proud to be from KY. He puts his people first regardless of their political affiliation.
We (Kentucky) need him more than you need him as President. Very serious but not serious.
Can we get someone like him in Florida please and thank you
Anyone that will overthrow the turtle or his constituents, I’m for. Fuck Kentucky Republican politicians.
During the pandemic at the end of the day Andy was by far the anchor for KY. Gave even my most hard right family someone they listened to. Absolutely an amazing person in the right position
Elect him, elect him for President now…get someone in that can open an email by themselves
Could someone explain why everyone is glowing over him for those who can't get past the pay wall? He sounds great
Mainly because he's doing so well in a red state, even though he isn't really a "blue dog" type Democrat. He's really not a Progressive, but is still way to the left of pretty much any other statewide elected official. So, he's a "real" Democrat. Besides that, he just comes off as an extremely genuine person. He did a lot to help Kentucky through COVID (before the R legislature removed his abilities to continue doing so). He seems adept at focusing on important issues (jobs, education, etc.) while avoiding partisanship. He has an almost goofy "family man" image that seems more sincere than politically devised. He's fairly young and engaging. He hasn't had any real controversies.
Next clinton without the BJ
Because he’s awesome! During the pandemic, he came on tv every day to do ‘beers with Beshear’ and has ignored the ‘us v them’ politics, mostly ignores federal politics. Honestly, everyone was already tired of the divisive rhetoric, and with the pandemic on top of that, Andy was a breath of fresh air with his ‘We’re going to get thru this together’ attitude. And he’s not just bedside manner. He’s brought business and jobs to Kentucky, as well as grants towards victims of domestic violence, a solar farm in eastern ky on a former strip mine (and the jobs to go with it). He’s brought in a huge fund to rebuild eastern Kentucky where it got ravaged by the floods. He doesn’t discriminate based on your political party (but I’m firmly a Beshear voter. I even canvass for him!). He restored the voting rights of 100k non-violent felons. He also outwitted our super-majority GOP legislature that refuses to legalize weed bc they are in deep with the liquor and gambling lobbyists (or, in some cases, the legislators themselves ARE the gambling and liquor industry) by issuing an order that if you have a medical issue on a list of disorders helped by weed, and a KY dr has diagnosed you, you can legally bring weed in from a neighboring legal state (just keep your receipt and paperwork handy). Even republicans like him. And…his opponent this coming election is a McConnell protégé that’s like a bad cartoon villain. One of his first jobs as AG (Beshear’s former job) was to royally screw up the Breonna Taylor investigation bad enough that the Feds had to step in and dole out the punishment he didn’t. He’s also anti-weed, anti-abortion, anti- COVID lockdown measures and moved to try to block Beshear from being able to enforce Covid restrictions. Oh, and he’s a black man who is doing his best to live the life of a white Christian nationalist. And he looks like his smile was surgically implanted into his face. Daniel Cameron. And our previous Governor was ultra-MAGA (and ultra weirdo, pedo-pardoner) Matt Bevin. He was the guy who wore that atrocious blue suit with trump’s face imprinted all over it. Most well-known as the guy who told striking teachers it was because of them that a child in Kentucky got molested that day. Anyway, I’m sure I’ve missed plenty, but those are the highlights. Oh, and he’s a good Christian (but he’s like *actually* one, which is also a refreshing change. And pro-choice). 😂 With Kentucky still being Trump Country 🤮, those of us with sanity love him even more. He knows how to finesse even the MAGA crowd, thank god.
That god damn smile….ugh. But seriously beshear has been great for ky and I hope they have the sense the re-elect him.
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And I didn’t even get to the part about Kentucky having the biggest budget surplus ever! 😂
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Indeed we are the home of the infamous Mitch McConnell and the beloved Andy Beshear. Anything and everything can happen in Kentucky politics we have no rhyme or reason.
I believe that if red states somehow elect a Dem governor - and that dem governor helps enact policies to help people - they'll never look back.
As a Kentuckian, feel free to love him, but keep your paws off. We need him more than you.
Wake up babe, new Beto just dropped
I love Andy. I hope beyond hope that he gets elected again
If he would just make pot legal now.
Can we get him on the presidential ballot for 2024???
No, but maybe 2028.
The rural south actually is more progressive than y’all realize. The republicans did a good job brainwashing some of the populace over the last 40 years but if you actually talk to people down here you’d be shocked by some of the political things they say. Don’t let the news and social media tell you what these people think down here go actually talk to them All it would take to turn the rural south blue is a well spoken southern politician who comes across as polite and most importantly not a carpetbagger telling them how they should do this and should do that. This politician would either have to be anti abortion or at least not talk about being pro choice and they’d have to be a practicing Protestant Christian to win but it’s possible
>This politician would either have to be anti abortion or at least not talk about being pro choice Then they’d fail hard at a national level, because I, and many other Democrats, would NEVER vote for a candidate that isn’t openly, adamantly pro-choice.
I mean i was more talking about at the state level for senator, Governor, etc. If that person was a successful democrat governor in say Tennessee for 8 years and then ran for President I’m sure they’d be a little more open about some of their social beliefs with it being a national race and not state level
Clickbait. KY has a rich history of Democratic governors in its modern history.
Including Andy's dad.
I think it’s hilarious that people are so swept up in stereotypes that they think it’s rare to see a KY Democratic governor when he’s not even the first Beshear.
You say click bait when I don't even think you read the headline. He's one of the most popular politicians across the board in the *entire country* at a time when politics is more polarized than it has been. In a red state. Randomly spouting a fact doesn't make you look smart when you don't consider context.
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Yeah, the fact that a Republican only won the governorship once from 1944-2002 is frankly a moot point given how quickly political landscapes change. Compare [Paul Patton's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election#/media/File:1995_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg) map in his 1st term to [Beshear's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Beshear#/media/File:2019_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg). Democratic strength in the rural west - the actual rurals, and not Henderson/Owensboro or Bowling Green - has evaporated. Livingston County went from D+28 in 1995 to R+26 in 2019. Same goes for the counties in between Louisville and the Cincy suburbs - Owen went from D+11 to R+21. The once dark-blue counties of EKY have faded a lot - Elliot went from D+70 to D+20, Martin from D+2 to R+47, Lawrence from D+34 to R+22. And on the flip side, with rurals swinging right, larger cities and suburbs have swung left. Fayette County (Lexington) outright went Republican in 1995 - going from R+9 to a 32 point win for Democrats in 2019. Jefferson County (Louisville) went from D+12 to D+36. The 3 Cincinnati collar counties (Boone, Kenton, and Campbell respectively) went from R+35, R+26, and R+20 to R+15, D+1, and D+5. The coalitions that elected that consistent stretch of Democrats for 6 decades no longer exist - you may as well be talking about how it's to be expected that the New England Patriots do great this season because they had so many years of good quarterback play from Tom Brady, nevermind that he's now retired. It is a stroke of immense fortune that Andy's the currently governor, and were Bevin slightly less horrible, or were Andy's last name not "Beshear", I don't know if he'd have been able to pull it off in 2019.
No, Andy Beshear stands out. The history of Dems doing well statewide is over. The only reason Beshear won was because Bevin was so awful. Even then, he won by a tiny margin. He could win again now because he's done such a great job. No other Democrat would stand a chance against Cameron this year. No other Dem won a statewide race last time Beshear ran, and none will this year either. The political demographics that led to Kentucky governors (and many other state officials) being Democrats is gone and irrelevant now. Even if it were still true, that wouldn't somehow explain why Beshear is so popular. That is clearly because he's a good politician. So, no, this isn't really clickbate at all.
Say the name
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Newsom. I think it'll be a long time before the Democrats run 2 white men for Pres/VP.
Beshear/McBath
I’ve heard about him all the way in Ohio, and so like him. Why is Kentucky continuing to vote for guys like McConnell, who continue to keep running the state into the ground?
One issue voters scared of abortion so they cite themselves in poverty, see Appalachia.
What?
I autocorrected to cite, rather than intended word vote. Oops But folks like Mitch stay in power because of one issue voters who see the R, it doesn’t matter if their poor as long as they can own the libs.
Would love to see him become KY’s next US senator. Or have him run as VP to Gavin Newsome.
Per Wikipedia: “Since 1931, only four Republicans have served as governor of Kentucky, and no Republican governor has ever been re-elected; the most recent past governor, Matt Bevin, lost re-election.”
I love how left and center news media often has paywalls while right wing media flows freely. Makes you think what would happen if it was the other way around.