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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

GreenPartyVoter

(72,986 posts)
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 09:05 PM Mar 2020

My prediction is that scared and weary voters will propel Biden across the primary

finish line, and then the GE one. The only way the current misadmin can win now is by cheating.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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TwilightZone

(28,361 posts)
1. I don't think they're necessarily scared and weary.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 09:09 PM
Mar 2020

I think they're motivated to vote for Democrats, just like in 2018, and dump Trump.

2018 was a referendum on Trump and the issues Democrats were focusing on - health care at the forefront. 2020 is looking to be similar.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(304,721 posts)
10. Hella Motivated, Focused, and Determined
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 08:00 AM
Mar 2020

And, yes it is.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Turin_C3PO

(15,505 posts)
2. The bastards will try and cheat
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 09:10 PM
Mar 2020

but if we overwhelm them in turnout, it should be irrelevant.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Jim__

(14,429 posts)
3. Unfortunately, cheating is no obstacle to the trump boys.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 09:14 PM
Mar 2020

And they've done a lot to clear a path for Putin to step in and help.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
4. Biden won this thing on Super Tuesday.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 09:14 PM
Mar 2020

I am not worried about it at all and look forward to voting for Joe in November.

But the Democratic primaries? They’re over (for better or for worse), and I am on record saying that I think that Daffy Duck could beat Trump in the GE this year.





-Laelth

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mysteryowl

(7,735 posts)
5. Biden was polling at 17%, his campaign was weak, he was short on money
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 09:47 PM
Mar 2020

No, Biden was not the bright star until the big shift of religious moderate black voters and moderate white older people went to the polls. That is what changed this. Older people vote and many older people are moderates, so the party stays moderate.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Demsrule86

(70,915 posts)
7. When we left small white caucus states Biden excelled and New Hampshire was in Sanders backyard.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 10:08 PM
Mar 2020

When Biden arrived in democratic sort of states...he lost and badly...he never had more than 30% of any vote and the young voters stayed home. He has lost. There are more moderates/progressives than leftists.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mysteryowl

(7,735 posts)
8. "There are more moderates/progressives than leftists." Huh?
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 10:15 PM
Mar 2020

I did not know there was such a thing as a moderate/progressive. Is that a thing?
And how is a moderate/progressive different from "leftists"?
I am very confused.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Demsrule86

(70,915 posts)
16. Sanders and a fair number of his followers are not moderate nor are they progressive Democrats...
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 11:49 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

TwilightZone

(28,361 posts)
12. "religious moderate black voters"
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 08:16 AM
Mar 2020

Just black voters. You don't need the qualifiers. In fact, they make your assertion sound dismissive and misinformed.

Black voters, in general, voted overwhelmingly for Biden.

"moderate white older people"

Same problem. It's not just "moderate white older people". It's college-educated women. It's working-class voters in Michigan and other states. It's surburban Democrats. It's left-leaning independents. It's the majority of pretty much every demographic group outside of young, white men, and even they're not showing up for Sanders in the numbers Sanders asserts.

The dismissiveness shown in your assertions is part of the problem and indicative of why Sanders isn't doing better and why it would be a horrible strategy for November. Write off groups you don't like, you lose.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mysteryowl

(7,735 posts)
13. Are you stalking me on DU?
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 08:19 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

TwilightZone

(28,361 posts)
14. Nope.
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 08:24 AM
Mar 2020

If you'd bothered to look, you'd see that I replied in this thread before you did. I was returning to the thread to review the responses.

Are you following me around?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mysteryowl

(7,735 posts)
15. Ah, no. If you looked you would see you replied to my thread comment.
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 09:01 AM
Mar 2020

You were all over another thread of mine yesterday, hence my question about stalking.

I can see you won't agree with my posts, so just move on.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Demsrule86

(70,915 posts)
6. Biden has won the primary...Sanders has no route to the nomination so I think you are correct.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 10:04 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mitch96

(14,596 posts)
9. My thoughts are people want to return to "the sane days" of Obama and Biden is that sanity... nt
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 07:55 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(304,721 posts)
11. But it won't be returning.. it will be going
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 08:05 AM
Mar 2020

forward and building for our future generations.. after they fumigate the WH if Biden and Admin are so fortunate to get there.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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