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bearsfootball516

(6,369 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:21 PM Apr 2020

Good primary, everyone.

I wasn't around for the 2008 or 2016 primary, but I've heard that they were REALLY ugly, especially 2008, and this primary was actually pretty civil in comparison. Can anybody vouch for that?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Good primary, everyone. (Original Post) bearsfootball516 Apr 2020 OP
IMO 2016 was much nastier than 2008, with the bernie bros and russian bots and all. brush Apr 2020 #1
I thought 2008 was nastier democrattotheend Apr 2020 #7
2016 MFM008 Apr 2020 #2
I can...this primary was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better. Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #3
2016 and its results have been a grim learning experience Hortensis Apr 2020 #4
Yes, this was relatively civil. Almost all the venom ended up... thesquanderer Apr 2020 #5
Exactly. 2020 was very one-sided here. democrattotheend Apr 2020 #8
2016 was hell. The changes implemented after that made DU so much better Politicub Apr 2020 #6
 

brush

(53,475 posts)
1. IMO 2016 was much nastier than 2008, with the bernie bros and russian bots and all.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:46 PM
Apr 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
7. I thought 2008 was nastier
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 12:07 PM
Apr 2020

We had so many "PUMAs" who eventually got banned. TBH, there are only a few people still here whom I remember being 2008 Hillary supporters. And 2008 was definitely nastier between the campaigns than 2016 was, although they did unify earlier.

I think part of the reason people remember 2016 being worse was because of the post-general election recriminations on this forum. We didn't have that in 2008 because our candidate won. If Obama had lost, I imagine there would have been similar post-election sniping about whether Hillary would have won and whether she cost him the election by not being supportive enough.

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

Demsrule86

(68,352 posts)
3. I can...this primary was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:09 PM
Apr 2020

It was the wild wild west before. 2016 was awful.

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

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. 2016 and its results have been a grim learning experience
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 08:59 PM
Apr 2020

for enough of us to make a difference. The blue wave of the 2018 midterms seems to have been both indicator and predictor of that.

in seven decades I've never even borrowed an Ambien or Ativan from a friend, but the hope the midterms gave me, and the continued wave of support for Democratic ideals through this primary season, saved me from having to ask our physician for something to help get me through 2020.

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

thesquanderer

(11,955 posts)
5. Yes, this was relatively civil. Almost all the venom ended up...
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 09:11 AM
Apr 2020

...directed to either Sanders or Gabbard. Gabbard was never a major player. So really, just Sanders. (I'm not saying there was none toward Biden, but it was much less.) In 2016, it went more equally both ways, it was terribly harsh on Sanders AND terribly harsh on Hillary. And in 2008, it was tough on both Obama and Hillary, which I think also reflected that the 2008 campaign itself was rougher than the 2016 or 2020 campaigns, I believe in part because of the racial undertones.

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

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
8. Exactly. 2020 was very one-sided here.
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 12:09 PM
Apr 2020

It seems like there was a ton of animosity toward Bernie and his supporters, and very few supporters here. I guess some of the ones who were here went to JPR, and others like me supported Warren or someone else this time. That said, the few Bernie supporters who stayed here were respectful and not obnoxious like some of the Bernie supporters on other sites.

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

Politicub

(12,163 posts)
6. 2016 was hell. The changes implemented after that made DU so much better
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 10:03 AM
Apr 2020

I had to log off from DU for the months of the primary in 2016 and only sporadically looked at the site during the GE.

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