Who does Michael Bloomberg think he can take votes away from?

[TeamPooka]

The right or the left?

[Z_California]

1. The ego of a billionaire

[lunatica]

50. Make that two billionaires

They're used to getting whatever their tiny itty bitty hearts want.

[abelenkpe]

2. Conservative democrats and reasonable republicans

Would go for a centrist.

[Mojorabbit]

7. I can't see it. I don't think of him as a centrist. nt

[abelenkpe]

10. He's another multi millionaire

Don't really see the appeal myself. Doubt he understands the pressure working class families deal with in today's society.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

47. You mean BILLIONAIRE!!

[Reter]

24. Me neither, I see him as quite liberal

Certainly more left than right.

[NightWatcher]

14. Isn't that Hillary's demographic?

If Hillary doesn't get in (as he's threatening) does he think he'll get DNC support?

If the party backs him while forsaking Bernie they'll lose any remaining credibility they have.

[abelenkpe]

16. You're right. That would tear the party apart

Hopefully the Democratic Party won't support a Bloomberg run. Hope they support Bernie if he should win the nomination. Should be interesting to see what happens.

[madinmaryland]

21. No. Conservative democrats also tend to value their ability to have guns, which Bloomberg

wants to take away. Liberal and Progressives have no use for Bloomberg either. Republicans have the same issues as conservative democrats.

I don't really see Bloomberg doing well with any demographic.

[abelenkpe]

34. Hopefully he won't run at all

Pretty interesting that he is considering it though.

[Metric System]

3. Both.

[Egnever]

8. This ^^^^

[Faux pas]

4. Nobody

he's living in an ego driven fantasy land.

[RKP5637]

5. If it's Trump vs. Bernie vs. Bloomberg, he likely thinks he will capture moderates

from both parties, as well as independents. Who knows, he might.

[Smarmie Doofus]

6. He doesn't care.

He's rich. He's bored. He's lonely.

He's narcissistic.

One thing he can do well is get his name in M$M ( It's his peer group, after all) . Always seems to be on the topic of a third party "draft" for something or other.

There's always the implication that some substantial element of the population is clamoring for him to run.

Believe me. We've been through this before here. No one here.... or ALMOST no one..... wants him to run for president.

Or for anything else, for that matter.

[Todays_Illusion]

9. He can get votes from those yearning for a paternalistic oligarch.

[abelenkpe]

11. Sadly there are people looking for that. Nt

[LittleBlue]

12. So our choices will be the Clintons- net worth $110m, Trump $4bn

or Bloomberg $37bn.

Would that officially make us a banana republic, or do we have to keep pretending this is a democracy?

[madinmaryland]

23. Interesting. The Clinton's net worth is 2% of tRump's and less than 0.1% of Bloomberg's

$110 million is a lot of money, though.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

25. No, because Bloomberg won't run if Hillary is nominated n/t

[JackRiddler]

13. Mainstream idiots.

[edhopper]

15. my guess is

what worried him was Bernie raising taxes on the Rich.

[madville]

17. His anti-gun stance would guarantee

he doesn't get most Republicans or right-leaning independents. I think it would probably make it easier for a Republican to win with 40-45% of the vote.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

18. Not sure

His take seems to be that he'll only enter if, not my words, but my impression of his intent, extremists are on both tickets.

Bernie + Trump = Bloomberg runs
Bernie + Cruz = Bloomberg runs
Bernie + any other Republican = Bloomberg doesn't run
Hillary + any Republican = Bloomberg doesn't run

His aide didn't say he would run if Bernie were nominated, he said he would run if Trump or Cruz AND Bernie were nominated. Based on that, it seems that would root for the Republican if Bernie were nominated.

[ileus]

19. He's a 1%er, all he cares about is more power.

His power...

[Reter]

27. Actually, he's a .000000000000001%er

Since there's only like 5-10 people on Earth richer than him. I guess that makes Bill Gates a 0%er?

[Jim Beard]

20. I started out thinking I knew about Bloomberg but ater reading this VERY Complete article in WIKI,

I need to just keep my mouth shut for now while I read the mountain of information on his governing actions and proposals. Very informative...Michael Bloomberg

I will cut and past just one segment to the very lengthy description startine about 1/4 to 1/3 down the page to "INITIATIVES"

Transportation

Bloomberg stated that he rides the New York City Subway on a daily basis, particularly in the commute from his home to his office at City Hall. An August 2007 story in The New York Times asserted that he was often seen chauffeured by two New York Police Department-owned SUVs to an express train station to avoid having to change from the local to the express trains on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line.[42] He also supported the construction of the 7 Subway Extension and the Second Avenue Subway; on December 20, 2013, Bloomberg took a ceremonial ride on a train to the new 34th Street station to celebrate a part of his legacy as mayor.[43][44]
Preservation and development

Bloomberg is a proponent of large-scale development. He has repeatedly come down in favor of projects such as the Atlantic Yards mega-development, the Hudson Yards redevelopment, and the Harlem rezoning proposal.[45] On smaller-scale issues, Bloomberg usually takes the side of development as well. He favors the demolition of Admiral's Row[46] in order to build a supermarket parking lot. However, Bloomberg has occasionally come down on the side of preservation, most notably in vetoing landmark revocation for the Austin Nichols warehouse.[47] This move was widely applauded by architectural historians. The City Council overruled the veto shortly thereafter, however.[48]

[harrose]

22. Why Should Anyone Vote For Bloomberg? It's His Policies...

... and the policies of his predecessor Ghouliani that led to the homeless problem we have in NYC today.

[saltpoint]

26. It could be that he simply has

nothing else to do.

He's sitting on more money than all the rest of us put together and doesn't have a damn thing to do all day.

[ViseGrip]

28. Two billionaires running only helps BERNIE and his message.

[TeamPooka]

40. I would hope so. Maybe now people will see the political system is being used as a plaything

by the 1%

[houston16revival]

29. Upper West Siders, NYC

He really is so incredibly upper crust, with a modern day
element of the civic leagues that flourished in the early 1900s,
and Rockefeller Republicans.

Not a lot there for him, I don't think

[Nye Bevan]

33. Somehow persuaded New Yorkers to vote him in three times (nt)

[CommonSenseDemocrat]

53. Um, you have no idea as to the geography of NYC and its politics

The Upper West Side, where I live, is Bernie City.

[houston16revival]

56. In 2001, 2005, and 2009?

Bernie was popular in the Upper West Side then, too?

[Blue_In_AK]

30. Both.

[L. Coyote]

31. Wrong question. Who will he take attention from?

He probably hasn't given much thought to votes, or he's just go back to being bored.

[Nye Bevan]

32. Democrats who don't like Bernie, and Republicans who dislike Trump.

Neither of these constituencies is negligible.

[beevul]

35. Mostly the left.

And even then, Democratic gun owners wouldn't touch him.

[TeamPooka]

39. Democrats are completely vested in both candidates. I don't see any Bernie or Hillary people

supporting this guy even if their person doesn't get the nom.
But what do I know?

[beevul]

42. I dont know...

There are some Bloomberg worshipers on DU, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they voted for him.

[Nye Bevan]

48. I would expect quite a few Hillary supporters to vote for Bloomberg if Bernie gets the nomination.

Of course they won't be pushing this line of thinking on DU as it would violate the site rules.

[beevul]

55. Yup. N/T

[backscatter712]

36. If he runs, he'll Naderize the election, and we could have President Trump. n/t

[TeamPooka]

37. We won't need him to get President Trump. There are enough Democrats threatening to

sit home election day if their candidate doesn't get the nomination so we'll just sabotage ourselves.

[davidn3600]

38. Um......That's not the way he's thinking

The dumbass thinks he could win.

He thinks if the election is between Bernie and Trump that voters will be so distraught that they'll vote for him.

[TeamPooka]

41. Then he's a fucking idiot. Two billionaires < One Bernie

[Renew Deal]

43. Both plus independents

[lindysalsagal]

44. He's respected for his governance of NYC, from both parties. Tough job.

Not that everyone agrees with all of his policies. But he's a serious, dedicated manager. He might even be better for minorities than Hillary.

I think he'd do well. Plus, any way the GOP votes get divided, the better,

[TeamPooka]

54. What about the Democratic votes? nt

[raouldukelives]

45. Conservatives who might be tempted to vote Bernie over Trump.

Only one candidate is a true threat to Wall St. and the climate takers. As long as Bernie loses, Wall St and its shareholders can rest easy, again.

[hobbit709]

46. Certainly isn't going to get mine.

[itcfish]

49. From Democrats

of course

[NaturalHigh]

51. From the gun-ban crowd I would think.

[CommonSenseDemocrat]

52. 50/50