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StevieM

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13. You could say the same about every Democrat. They are all more popular with minorities than with

Reply to ciaobaby (Original post)

Thu Apr 20, 2017, 09:51 PM

Apr 2017

white people. And they are all more popular with women than with men.

These groups are more liberal and more Democrat. So all Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents will be more popular with those groups than the general population.

This is not surprising. It would have been surprising if that wasn't the case.

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This is a relief to me -DU is not the norm in regard to angry dismissal of Bernie. [View all] ciaobaby Apr 2017 OP

Me too. KPN Apr 2017 #1

It hard to find key points in the article lapucelle Apr 2017 #6

I supported HRC completely, but I never had, nor do I have now, anything against Bernie hlthe2b Apr 2017 #2

He sure wasn't that popular in the southern primaries with AAs brush Apr 2017 #3

Where did you get that from? StubbornThings Apr 2017 #10

Ok, I should've said popular enough to vote for. brush Apr 2017 #11

Another interesting tidbit from poll. yallerdawg Apr 2017 #4

The data do not support the conclusions. lapucelle Apr 2017 #5

Bernie is my hero jodymarie aimee Apr 2017 #7

We are simpatico ! ciaobaby Apr 2017 #8

That's good. alarimer Apr 2017 #9

That is because he's a progressive and members of minority groups and women support progressives pnwmom Apr 2017 #12

You could say the same about every Democrat. They are all more popular with minorities than with StevieM Apr 2017 #13