Quote Originally Posted by Wraith View Post
I don't think Yang would have much of a problem winning the general, but getting that far is still going to be a neat trick.
What are you basing this on? Was it his false claim that he's doing better against Trump than are the other candidates?

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...p-voters-rate/

This implies that if he can prove to the general public that he's viable, he might have a lot more support already than polls show.
He's had months and several debates to make this point. The result is 3% support.

It's also exactly why we need ranked choice voting.
He's virtually no one's second choice. Ranked voting wouldn't help him at all.

He's got the most fanatically loyal supporters of any candidate, and if he can keep that scaling while he builds his numbers, it could turn into a powerful force.
According to whom? Bernie Bros are pretty fanatical. And that ignores the issue of having 3% fanatical supporters is far less useful than having 25% less fanatical supporters.

since the media is snubbing him harder than Bernie now or in 2016.
He's getting more time on TV than other candidates with his polling numbers. And several of those candidates have a long political CV, which means they should be taken more seriously.

There's still some time left for him, but I think he's only going to have a realistic shot if he can reach double-digits by Iowa & New Hampshire.
He won't. Bumps of that magnitude happen for good reasons, and there are no good reasons.

The impeachment might work in his favor here, since a lot of his opponents are going to have to go back to DC for that while he can keep campaigning. He's still got a ways to go there, so we'll see what happens.
A) Most of the sitting senators running for president are going to be MIA for a lot of those proceedings.
B) More importantly, I really fail to see how those other candidates getting major time on TV is somehow going to help Yang.

You make a lot of assertions that are simply not supported by the facts, and in many cases are clearly contradicted by them. You haven't presented a single argument as to why someone who's been in the race for months and failed to attract much support is going to radically transform this race within 2-3 months. It's certainly possible that some of the candidates at the top could falter. But they won't ALL falter. And Yang isn't going to be the main beneficiary even if they do. Yang is the left-wing Ron Paul (minus the political experience) and he'll be lucky if he achieves anything near Ron Paul's level of support (which was never close to victory).