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2020 Democratic Presidential Primary

palmab03 said:
Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are all like 85% white, and are pretty much the only states that determine the election. I think Bloomberg will do better in those states than Sanders
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I thought only white people liked Sanders
 
WakeForestRanger said:
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They are not. Meanwhile, Bloomberg actually is considering... You guessed it! Hilary Clinton!

That’s an op-Ed and the claim comes from ambiguous “twitter supporters.”

MSM is fucking losing its mind over the idea of a Sanders candidacy.
 
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Meanwhile, in polling:
 
The head-to-head poll is of no use unless everyone drops out right after Super Tuesday. If the Top4/5 stay in, it's becoming more likely that no one will get 1991 delegates before the convention.
 
RJKarl said:
The head-to-head poll is of no use unless everyone drops out right after Super Tuesday. If the Top4/5 stay in, it's becoming more likely that no one will get 1991 delegates before the convention.
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I know you’re ignoring me, but what does this mean?
 
Pretty amazing how The Onion has been so good at this for so long.
 
 
Never cite an article you haven't read in its entirety. From the polling post above, the article continues:

"Sixty-two percent of Americans — and a near-identical 61 percent of independents — say that Sanders is a “socialist.” Only a quarter of Americans (26 percent) have a favorable view of socialism, while almost half (47 percent) have an unfavorable view.

Sanders describes himself as a democratic socialist and frames his agenda — Medicare for All, free public college, a Green New Deal — as a continuation of FDR-style liberalism.

But voters don’t necessarily grasp the distinction between socialism and democratic socialism. When asked whether the two ideologies are the same or different, 38 percent of Americans said “the same” and 38 percent said “different.” Another 24 percent said they weren’t sure.

Regardless, only 35 percent of Americans said they would even consider voting in a general election for a candidate who called himself or herself a “democratic socialist.” Forty-six percent said no, while another 18 percent said they weren’t sure. Among independents, those numbers were even less favorable to Sanders: 31 percent yes, 47 percent no and 22 percent not sure. Meanwhile, most Americans (52 percent) said only “some” or “a few” of their peers would consider voting for a democratic socialist."

Ouch.
 
Why is that an ouch? He’ll be running as a Democrat against Donald Trump. The point of the poll was to show the head-to-head polling relative to other candidates (if I’m understand which of my links you’re referring to).
 
No, the poll also checked with voters with what would be a barrier to voting for someone in the general. Bernie's socialism was by far the biggest bar to voting for a candidate in the general election. Click and read the article. If you believe the poll, he's un-electable in the general.

McGovern and Mondale all over again.
 
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