A large portion of the anger towards Scozzaflava was how she was selected to be the Republican nominee in what is a nominally conservative district. Local party men sat down and appointed her to the position because she had a name that they felt would be recognized as she had been in electoral politics for years. They did not consider how that would look to many voters that feel disenfranchised as their views are currently our of power and also as politicians continue to gerrymander districts to make elections one nominee votes. They did not consider how Republicans locally and nationally would view this special election, that has gotten extra attention as it is one of only a handful of elections that happen in this off year, led by a social and fiscal liberal with an R next to her name.

Many on the right are fearful of what they consider to be RINOs voting against their self interest because ‘history calls’ and felt that Scozzaflava would be the same. They decided that this would be the nomination where they would send a message to the GOP that lurching to the left and creating 2 parties to the left of center is not what they desired. Many on here have claimed how radically off base this shows the right to be yet it is the polling Scozzaflava has received that has told her she can’t win. Her record has made her unelectable in her community… at least as a Republican. Isn’t that exactly what we want from our political community. Proper representation of a voters beliefs?