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TexasTowelie

(116,747 posts) Fri May 25, 2018, 11:23 PM May 2018

Bernie Sanders is more than a Vermont senator. Do Vermonters mind?

Bernie Sanders is a politician tending two audiences — his unflaggingly loyal base in Vermont, and voters across the country.

The upcoming U.S. Senate election will demonstrate how well Sanders can keep both of those plates spinning.

Sanders seeking re-election

The 76-year-old independent senator is seeking a third term representing Vermont while publicly mulling another run for the presidency in 2020.

"I'm just curious to see how he pitches his campaign, whether it is predominantly centered on representing Vermont," said Matthew Dickinson, a Middlebury College political science professor, "or it's viewed as implicitly an opening salvo in his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination."

Read more: https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/21/here-4-stats-help-you-understand-vermont-senator-bernie-sanders-next-big-decision/629246002/

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Bernie Sanders is more than a Vermont senator. Do Vermonters mind? (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2018 OP

He missed 89 percent of the votes in the Senate murielm99 May 2018 #1

This Thread Is In Total Agreement With You Me. May 2018 #6

time to run some real democrats on the democratic line nt msongs May 2018 #2

Amen comradebillyboy May 2018 #3

yawn comradebillyboy May 2018 #4

Not a Democrat. DemoHack May 2018 #5

Polls show that his approval rating among VT constituents is down from 2016. ehrnst May 2018 #7

murielm99

(31,433 posts)

1. He missed 89 percent of the votes in the Senate

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri May 25, 2018, 11:51 PM

May 2018

while running for President? I would not like that if I was a constituent. And he is still asking for contributions? Why? He has plenty of money.

And I would like to see his tax returns. If he runs for President, this is a must!

Me.

(35,454 posts)

6. This Thread Is In Total Agreement With You

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #1)

Sat May 26, 2018, 10:17 AM

May 2018

1000%. I don't trust him when it comes to money and truth because he, like Comrade Trump, won't ante up those tax returns. And missing 89% of the vote...can you imagine how much grief a Dem would get for that?