Current Events > Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, on why he lost

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https://wfpl.org/bevin-says-he-lost-because-democrats-harvested-votes-in-urban-communities/

During a series of interviews on talk radio shows Wednesday morning, outgoing Republican Gov. Matt Bevin said that he lost his race for reelection because the Democratic Party harvested votes in urban communities.

Bevin lost to Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear last month by a little more than 5,000 votes.

During an interview on 55KRC in Cincinnati, Bevin said that the election was a surprise that defies logic.

The left, those who think of a different ideological bent, they are getting so good at harvesting votes in the urban communities, Bevin said.

They were able to go into urban communities where people are densely populated on college campuses and public housing projects.

Bevin has repeatedly questioned the outcome of the election, suggesting without evidence that voter fraud took place.

Beshear did well in Kentuckys urban and suburban areas like Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Richmond and northern Kentucky, as well as some historic Democratic strongholds in eastern Kentucky.

Vote harvesting refers to collecting absentee or mail-in ballots in order to sway an election. The practice is illegal in some states, but Kentucky is one of 27 states that allows absentee ballots to be returned by a designated agents.

Vote harvesting took place in the 2018 race for North Carolinas 9th Congressional district, which Bevin referenced in the aftermath of his failed reelection attempt. Vote harvesting is illegal in North Carolina and a new election was ordered in the race. [Antifar's note: the Republicans were the ones doing the harvesting in that case]
During the interview on 55KRC, Bevin said that he was encouraged by his supporters on Election Day, but that Democrats brought more less-informed people to the polls.
Conservatives are going to have to find some counterpoint, Bevin said. The harvesting of votes in urban cores in particular that is done by the left overwhelmed even that. And thats the difference, thats the tipping point.
In the wake of Election Day, Bevin alleged again without evidence that thousands of absentee ballots were improperly counted and that eligible voters were turned away from polls.
Bevin challenged the results, but conceded the election after a recanvass of the vote total produced a change of only one vote.
He also said that he thought there were irregularities with the election during his concession speech, saying that there is not any real sense of transparency for how the voting process works.

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So he's complaining the Democrat candidate went to places where people actually lived and got them to vote for him?

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Antifar posted...

The left, those who think of a different ideological bent, they are getting so good at harvesting votes in the urban communities, Bevin said.

They were able to go into urban communities where people are densely populated on college campuses and public housing projects.

Notwithstanding the fraud allegations, there's something about this phrasing that bothers me. As though he's implying the people in those communities lack agency.

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Tmaster148 posted...

So he's complaining the Democrat candidate went to places where people actually lived and got them to vote for him?

yup lol

Tmaster148 posted...

So he's complaining the Democrat candidate went to places where people actually lived and got them to vote for him?

"Urban votes should count less" is more or less Republican orthodoxy at this point.

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Tmaster148 posted...

So he's complaining the Democrat candidate went to places where people actually lived and got them to vote for him?

How dare he! He's supposed to be a proponent of voter suppression!

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Matt Bevin is a piece of shit.

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Those gosh darn millennials and minorities!

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Tmaster148 posted...

So he's complaining the Democrat candidate went to places where people actually lived and got them to vote for him?

Pretty much.

or the classic, "look at the map! There's significantly more red land than blue land!" as if that means anything.

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ThePieReborn posted...

Notwithstanding the fraud allegations, there's something about this phrasing that bothers me. As though he's implying the people in those communities lack agency.

most Republican governors (especially in Dixie) think only the exurbs and rural areas of the state really matter, the urban core be damned because "those" types don't vote for me.

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This is an air raid siren, not a dogwhistle. He's saying it's illegitimate for the poors and the browns to have their votes count as much as good, hardworking, white (synonyms) "Real Americans".

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"He won by getting more votes than me."
Well, no shit.
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Tmaster148 posted...

So he's complaining the Democrat candidate went to places where people actually lived and got them to vote for him?

No, he's complaining that Democrats said positive things to black people, which got them to vote against him.
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What a piece of shit

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