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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie is 110% right poor people don't vote [View all]
But i wouldn't say thats the main reason he's behind in this race. http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/bernie-sanders-poor-people-don-t-vote-s-just-fact-n561051
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Because of inquities in our system, minorties make up a big percentage of the poor . . .
brush
Apr 2016
#35
Maybe, but still, if the poor, a good many of whom are minorities, did vote, they've vote like . .
brush
Apr 2016
#39
Analyze this: young adults are also known for not voting, yet that is who Sanders went after...
KittyWampus
Apr 2016
#43
No prob about the name...It's my middle name and I had a hard time spelling it when young
Armstead
Apr 2016
#54
Currently he is 44% of voters below $50,000, still losing in that category also.
Thinkingabout
Apr 2016
#2
You've just diagnosed a considerable portion of the Democratic Party membership.
kstewart33
Apr 2016
#47
Since Trump "lies" and "flips his views" repeating his talking points does not prove anything.
pampango
Apr 2016
#16
That's the point...This is not only about Sanders. It's a campaign against all reform
Armstead
Apr 2016
#26
Sanders' analysis about the poor, and those supporters of his who agree are nuts.
brush
Apr 2016
#38
She won NY, where turnout was 29%, in NYC just 12% of eligible Democrats voted at all.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#21
But Sanders is the champion of the poor AND he's drawing people into the political process.
George II
Apr 2016
#22
Polls in NY were held when poor were at work and not when Stock Markets opened
egalitegirl
Apr 2016
#33