2016 Postmortem

pnwmom

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19. Then they should be pushing him to focus more on the minority voters

Thu Nov 12, 2015, 05:47 PM

Nov 2015

that are critical to any Democratic coalition.

Some people here have the opinion that the minority voters don't matter because Bernie will get votes of more independents. But they're wrong.

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Post debate, Sanders net-favorability with black people dropped; Clinton's substantially increased. [View all] pnwmom Nov 2015 OP

K & R Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #1

Well you just gotta love it don't you upaloopa Nov 2015 #2

Stop being such a racist ... you racist, you!!!! ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #3

Yeah, that must be it. pnwmom Nov 2015 #4

Just thought I'd save some folks some typing! eom. 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #5

Wonder why his favorability rating is not rising with Black voters? bravenak Nov 2015 #6

Ground troops who love to speak for Bernie Sheepshank Nov 2015 #9

Maybe they should stop! bravenak Nov 2015 #10

I think you are underestimating the power of the Cornell West endorsement Number23 Nov 2015 #14

Like these observant people?.. Cha Nov 2015 #16

Cha, that is one hell of a post. And a really good example of the kind of stuff that I was talking Number23 Nov 2015 #29

I know, huh! These "Progressive O-Bots" cover the spectrum of why they're Not Cha Nov 2015 #35

well...that was a fun little confirmation that Bernie plays politics Sheepshank Nov 2015 #33

bernie is shining even more light on his slamming the President with his denials. We're not Cha Nov 2015 #37

And O'Malley reminded them in the debate about how Sanders thought Obama pnwmom Nov 2015 #21

This is such a clash with results from the various focus groups. nc4bo Nov 2015 #7

Post-debate was the timeframe when pollsters stopped asking about Biden winter is coming Nov 2015 #11

It's not true that pollsters have already switched to polling likely voters. pnwmom Nov 2015 #22

That's one poll, which doesn't specify whether or not those Dems/leaners winter is coming Nov 2015 #25

Gallup ALWAYS carefully labels their polls, and their policy is not to shift to pnwmom Nov 2015 #32

Once again, the polls were Le Taz Hot Nov 2015 #12

You're wrong. This Gallup poll included Independents who said they leaned Democratic. pnwmom Nov 2015 #23

Well, then, since it's all over except that pesky voting thing. Le Taz Hot Nov 2015 #26

Or -- Bernie could start listening instead of telling people he knows what's good for them. pnwmom Nov 2015 #31

Well, yes, he long ago established that he wanted Le Taz Hot Nov 2015 #34

we need to include the Bernie supporters who are constantly telling people.... Sheepshank Nov 2015 #36

Focus groups are statistically meaningless. pnwmom Nov 2015 #13

Thank you! NurseJackie Nov 2015 #15

Surely there is some way to blame Debbie Wasserman Schultz for this Freddie Stubbs Nov 2015 #8

Surely! And, the President and Hillary.. Cha Nov 2015 #17

This is getting tiresome and boring Armstead Nov 2015 #18

Then they should be pushing him to focus more on the minority voters pnwmom Nov 2015 #19

This whole thing is making me ill Armstead Nov 2015 #24

I'm NOT saying he doesn't give a shit about the AA community. He obviously does. pnwmom Nov 2015 #28

This is one of the fairest posts I have seen in a long time on DU. Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #38

Oh, you are COMPLETELY missing the point here! Le Taz Hot Nov 2015 #27

So you're saying we shouldn't discuss political issues on a political blog? brooklynite Nov 2015 #30

needs a big REC. Thanks. riversedge Nov 2015 #20