How is Bloomberg getting so much support?

[redqueen]

He has demonstrated contempt for the homeless, women, and civil rights for black people.

I tried looking up his stance on the minimum wage - Google is useless when trying to look him up.

On the ISideWith website it shows he supports a raise in the minimum wage and wants to adjust it every year in line with inflation ?!

[Sherman A1]

1. Simple

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[Peacetrain]

2. This

[redqueen]

3. We deserve another 4 years of trump again, then, I guess

[spooky3]

4. His and Steyer's ads are on TV constantly. Nt

[George II]

5. I think a lot of the negativity has to do with a few positions he's had over the years....

....and much of the good he's done is dismissed because of those negative things. Every candidate has negative positions and/or actions over time.

On the other hand, he's given away more than $8 billion to charitable causes and institutions, and hundreds of millions to Democratic candidates all across the country.

[Merlot]

7. Well, he's been a democrat, a republican, and an independent

He has a boatload of money and jumped into the democratic primaries with that boatload of money being his only advantage.

If he is the nominee, I am not sure at this point I could support him.

[Pachamama]

12. So if he is the nominee to take on Trump, you aren't sure you will vote or for him? Really?

I don’t believe he will be the nominee...but if he is the nominee for Democratic Candidate, I absolutely would vote for him.

[Merlot]

14. He would have to work really hard to win me over

Harder than any other leading candidate in the primary.

Hopefully this is not a scenario that will happen.

republicans who didn't like trumpft but voted for him because he had an R behind his name, I don't want to be in that situation.

[question everything]

19. Many have changed their affiliations during the years

Including Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren. Sanders keep doing it at each Vermont Senate primaries.

[tblue37]

31. I would be horrified if he won the nomination (I doubt he will), but I would still vote for him,

because he would still be a fast improvement over Trump.

[redqueen]

10. The way he talks about women literally disgusts me.

He's not on the level of trump but he's not far enough away from him on that issue for my liking.

Nothing about tax policy changes on his website. His record on that looks decent but I want to know what he plans to do.

Why would anyone choose a president because he gives to charity? Tax deductions are great. We need tax reform.

[dchill]

17. Today, we are all women.

[thesquanderer]

13. those "few positions" were not inconsequential ones, though

I'm thinking of stop-and-frisk in particular. And lots of Republicans give to charity, too... that's hardly a qualification for being a good Democrat.

Yes, he's supported Democratic candidates. He's also supported Republican candidates. (I'm not talking about distant history here.)

As a mayor, he wasn't bad for someone running on the Republican ticket. But in all three mayoral races, he beat more desirable Democrats.

This didn't seem to get much notice here, but this interview comes about as close to "disqualifying" as I could imagine...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287363762

[Jose Garcia]

6. He was much more well known than most of the candidates were before they started running

[Merlot]

8. I don't think so, it's just he has a lot of money.

[Jose Garcia]

11. He has only just started spending it

[TwilightZone]

24. His name recognition was relatively high from the start of the primaries.

In February, it was already higher than anyone outside of Sanders, Warren, and Biden.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/which-2020-democrats-already-have-a-fan-base-and-which-dont/

[Uncle Joe]

9. "Money"

Thanks for the thread redqueen.

[tritsofme]

15. He's not getting very much support at all. Registering above other minor candidates is not a feat.

My father used to call it winning the award for being the tallest midget.

[redqueen]

18. Harris is minor? nt

[tritsofme]

26. At this point, certainly. She has not been a top tier candidate for months.

She is just delaying the inevitable.

[redqueen]

29. I was shocked to see he passed her.

To me, he seems utterly untrustworthy.

[TwilightZone]

28. 3.4% average in the polls

That probably qualifies as minor at this point. I was surprised it was that low.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html

[question everything]

16. Ross Perot. Donald Trump

Even, there I say it here? Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer.

Many voters still long for a "business owner" to take control of the maddening bureaucracies and just cut through all the paperwork and get things done.

But, as we know, democracy is messy but as others have said: the best we can have. We do have three branches of government and we do need to consider everything into making a decisions.

While none of the men in my examples would do it, not even Trump, we have to remember the successful business owners succeed by, among other things, recognize "non performing assets" and divest out of them. In human terms, these "non performing assets" would be the poor, the sick and the elderly..

[redqueen]

20. Yang has demonstrated his values. Shameful to lump him in

with Bloomberg or Trump.

But yes, I agree Americans are sick of lying, equivocating politicians.

I hope the candidate we put up against Trump can avoid being cast in that light.

[TwilightZone]

21. His support is about what it was before he took his name out of contention early in the primaries

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-seriously-should-we-take-michael-bloombergs-potential-2020-run/

[redqueen]

22. This party is just begging for a schism. nt

[TwilightZone]

25. With Bloomberg at 4-6%? Nah.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html

[redqueen]

27. Let's hope he doesn't pick up steam

About a third of Americans aren't affiliated with either party. many Dems are still with the party I spite of, not because of the actions taken as a whole over the past 30-40 years.

If Bloomberg was to be our nominee, I could see it happening.

[brooklynite]

23. Bloomberg was elected by NYC Democrats three times...

He supports progressive taxation, gun control, climate change solutions, reproductive rights, etc. Basically he's a Biden-type mainstream Democrat.

[StevieM]

30. I don't remember Joe Biden supporting George W. Bush and Dick Cheney for re-election.

Bloomberg did.

That disqualifies him in my book.

[brooklynite]

35. The question in the OP wasn't why activists at a political blog do or don't support him...

Apparently ordinary voters aren't as concerned as you are.

FWIW, Trump didn't support Bush, so you apparently have a choice...

[BannonsLiver]

36. You thinking Bloomy now?

Hard to miss the enthusiasm you have for him. Not so much with Pete.

[brooklynite]

37. I'm honestly amazed at how hard it is to understand me...

I have NO enthusiasm for ANY candidate. I don't do politics that way.

I post stories that that are topical and newsworthy, and make comments when it appears that accurate answers to questions aren't being provided.

FWIW - I'm not convinced that a gun-control heavy urban Democrat can win, so I won't be supporting Bloomberg in the Primary.

[redqueen]

33. He is not missed. I'll leave it at that. nt

[FarPoint]

32. Right now....

I think it's because he can go up against the tRump machine...He has my attention....

[Act_of_Reparation]

34. Some are afraid Biden is going to lose the nomination.

I'm fairly certain that's what prompted Bloomberg to jump in this late in the game.

[Doodley]

38. Prediction - Biden will win the nomination and Bloomberg will throw his

support and money behind him.