Trump's failures have put many elderly Floridians at risk of COVID19. Biden shows experienced leadership that should be comforting to many.

and he was a Republican. He thought no one over 60 should be elected President. I am 56 now, and I agree with him somewhat. Biden is only a little over 3 years older than Trump, and he takes far better care of himself. In a perfect world we would be behind a Klobuchar-Booker youth ticket, but that is not going to happen.

2020 is last chance. I told my daughters I really don't want to live here anymore if Trump wins.

This election isn't a beauty pageant, it isn't just about whether we like Joe Biden, it's about the future of the country. It's a decision point as to whether we want to continue as a democratic republic or if we are willing to sit on our backsides and either let the Republicans gum up the works like they did during the latter years of the Obama administration or, worse, let the US become another oligarchical autocracy of the sort spread around much of Latin America and present-day eastern Europe.

Successful politics is about facing unpleasant facts. The fact is that however much some of us may desire radical change from post-Reagan governance, the fact is that most Democrats, and most Americans, aren't yet willing to vote for a left-liberal agenda.

I admit that Bernie has done fairly well in the primaries. But even where he's done well, the numbers show that not enough Democratic voters turned out to push him into the sixty-percentile range of victory.

We also need to acknowledge that Bernie has antagonized a large chunk of the Hispanic voting block. Whether you think it's fair or not, it's a done deal. Those folks are not only going to not vote for Bernie, they won't turn out in the numbers needed to defeat the Trump voters in the Sunshine State to make a Democratic victory certain.

This is a point where people have a chance to effect a real change--stopping Trumpism dead in its tracks--or spending the next four years and beyond grieving over what was lost between 2021 and afterwards and playing blame games while the racists and the reactionaries run rampant.

Citizens, the choice is yours.

Biden has led all recent NC polls (RCP avg of +3.4) and all recent AZ polls (RCP avg of +5). Other than that, agree with the basis that Bernie needs to just get out after today (or Tuesday). I'm in red FL county and my wife works at a school filled with Trumpers. Just hearing from her that several moderates are so sickened by him with 1 explicitly saying that if Biden is the nominee he is voting for him, otherwise he just wont vote. I'm seeing tons of those types of posts out there elsewhere as well. And now with their shittastic job during this pandemic, I feel reaaaaaaally good about our chances.

Pre-Corona.

I also was thinking about a Bernie nomination and its effects on many of those states as well.

BTW, those RCP NC polls are mostly old (AZ not so much), I would like to see some newer ones.



here is 538

With his followers...short and to the point! Vote in November for Biden and all down ballot Dems.

Problem is...he will never do that

I will be soooo glad when bernie has gone back to VT!!!

Last edited Sun Mar 15, 2020, 10:43 AM - Edit history (1)

That State has the most unreliable voters and electoral systems in the country. In 2018, amid the greatest blue wave in 50 years, Dems went backwards, losing districts, striking out on Governor, losing a Senator, and once again proving that FL electoral machinery is shot.

Florida has been trending redder and redder. Democrats should concentrate efforts on the Midwest and the Southwest, including Texas.

Florida is a purple state.

It's Russian propaganda saying Florida is trending red.

Both U.S. Senators from FL are GOP. The governor and state legislature are GOP controlled. The U.S. congressmen are about equally divided. So while FL isn't exactly as red as Alabama, it's still pretty red. I'd say that it's barely purple.

What was Gillum doing drunk and throwing up in a room with drugs in it?

No blue wave in Florida. You can't rely on them.

My guess is that with Biden as the nominee, and the economy turning downward, that he will win the three swing states, Florida, and Arizona with a shot at North Carolina and an outside chance at Texas, if the stars align correctly.

Hopefully, Bernie will endorse Biden this coming Wednesday and urge his supporters with urgency to vote Biden.

According to CNN's 2016 exit poll, Clinton won Latinx voters in FL 62-35.

https://www.cnn.com/election/2016/results/exit-polls/florida/president

58-38 from Biden isn't going to cut it; even he has his work cut out for him.