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Biden opens 55-45 lead on Trump has economic concerns grow. (Original Post) Drunken Irishman Mar 2020 OP
This Is Quite A Statistic, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #1
60-40 would be a worthy goal for Joe andym Mar 2020 #2
actually Johnson's over Goldwater was larger dsc Mar 2020 #4
We need to win Presidency, House, and Senate Dopers_Greed Mar 2020 #3
The Senate is key. edbermac Mar 2020 #7
If our guys hit the Senate Republicans hard due to Trump being President still in our nations hour cstanleytech Mar 2020 #11
What I found interesting was 96% support for Joe among Democrats tirebiter Mar 2020 #5
The bigger the margin the better peggysue2 Mar 2020 #6
Let it simmer. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #8
Everyone should be contacting their various Sec. of State to ensure Dan Mar 2020 #9
It's the Harris poll Promisep Mar 2020 #10
we need to work like we are 20 points behind questionseverything Mar 2020 #12
It is a nonsensical poll Awsi Dooger Mar 2020 #13
 

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
1. This Is Quite A Statistic, Sir
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 11:45 AM
Mar 2020

"Biden has 96 percent support from Democrats"





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."


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

andym

(5,689 posts)
2. 60-40 would be a worthy goal for Joe
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 11:53 AM
Mar 2020

That would turn red states blue. That would be a popular vote landslide for Joe similar to Reagan vs Mondale or Nixon vs McGovern

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

dsc

(52,632 posts)
4. actually Johnson's over Goldwater was larger
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 12:03 PM
Mar 2020

and he still only carried 44 states.

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

Dopers_Greed

(2,647 posts)
3. We need to win Presidency, House, and Senate
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 12:00 PM
Mar 2020

Completely wipe the Repugs out of government

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

edbermac

(16,113 posts)
7. The Senate is key.
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 01:22 PM
Mar 2020

If Trump is elected and we control the House and Senate he will be known as the IMPOTUS. If Biden wins and Moscow Mitch still is in charge he’ll block everything in sight.

But all three would be fantastic.

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

cstanleytech

(27,024 posts)
11. If our guys hit the Senate Republicans hard due to Trump being President still in our nations hour
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 02:29 PM
Mar 2020

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of need retaking the Senate with a 60+ majority while difficult to achieve may also be possible.
After all there is overwhelming evidence that the Senate Republicans should have impeached Trump but they refused to do so because to them appointing more conservative justices to the courts was and is more important than the nation or the American people.

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

tirebiter

(2,587 posts)
5. What I found interesting was 96% support for Joe among Democrats
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 12:17 PM
Mar 2020

V 89% of DuPont for Trump among Republicans.
Somebody say something about enthusiasm, recently?

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

peggysue2

(11,479 posts)
6. The bigger the margin the better
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 01:05 PM
Mar 2020

Makes shenanigans at the ballot box far less likely, extends the coattails for our down-ballot candidates and fully repudiates Trump and his enablers. With a big margin, there will be neither room nor patience for cries of 'rigged system' in the aftermath. Trump and his acolytes need to be soundly trounced, crushed, flattened for all to see.

The bigger the better!

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

gibraltar72

(7,629 posts)
8. Let it simmer.
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 02:11 PM
Mar 2020

Or as Trump said about his mothers wonderful turkey put it in the oven for 8 or 9 hours and let it coagulate.

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

Dan

(4,096 posts)
9. Everyone should be contacting their various Sec. of State to ensure
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 02:13 PM
Mar 2020

That their respective states have the ability to do Vote By Mail.

Because without that, Trump might win again.

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

Promisep

(31 posts)
10. It's the Harris poll
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 02:23 PM
Mar 2020

If we believe our guy is kicking Trump's ass we are going to fall asleep at the wheel again as we did in 2016.
False optimism made us lethargic.
Biden has a very slight lead over Trump according to the very accurate Washington Post poll.

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

questionseverything

(10,157 posts)
12. we need to work like we are 20 points behind
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 09:52 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
13. It is a nonsensical poll
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 10:33 PM
Mar 2020

I won't win any friends by pointing that out, but that won't prevent me from pointing it out.

Trump has low upside but also a huge base of unwavering support. There will continue to be polls proposing big leads. None of them mean anything. Once it is election day and the returns are coming in then it will be obvious how stupid those polls were all along. I was saying the same thing in Florida 2018 regarding all those knuckleheaded polls giving Gillum and Nelson a big edge.

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