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Bernie Sanders

dragonlady

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20. That won't help the accuracy of this poll

Reply to Dragonfli (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 12:34 PM

Feb 2016

It is only about age and gender and makes no assumptions about race and ethnicity. Adding black and Hispanic would make this poll three times longer, so that's probably not feasible. Better to start another poll to capture that aspect. (Sorry, I don't have time.)

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Demographics of Bernie supporters . . . who are we? [View all] fleur-de-lisa Feb 2016 OP

Cool poll--I hope more folks will chime in. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2016 #1

Done sarge43 Feb 2016 #2

That's why I went with "other" /nt Dragonfli Feb 2016 #3

point taken. good idea. changed my vote to reflect it. thanks. Hiraeth Feb 2016 #5

That won't help the accuracy of this poll dragonlady Feb 2016 #20

That's THE big one, really. JoeyT Feb 2016 #6

Don't feel alone sarge43 Feb 2016 #10

Well maybe I'll run into some now that I'm in my early 20s again. JoeyT Feb 2016 #11

Still a boy at heart I see 8) sarge43 Feb 2016 #21

Ten years?!?! RoccoR5955 Feb 2016 #15

I wish it would hurry up and finish working its magic. JoeyT Feb 2016 #25

If they start tracking race/ethinicity RoccoR5955 Feb 2016 #16

All Sanders supporters are not white Runningdawg Feb 2016 #28

Great idea, this poll! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #4

It was TBF's idea . . fleur-de-lisa Feb 2016 #9

I've got it bookmarked to watch the progress. It's very interesting! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #12

It is actually surprising to me. Not very millennial at all. Go figure. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #7

Millennials are on Reddit, not DU. jeff47 Feb 2016 #8

Reddit and Twitter - TBF Feb 2016 #14

At the risk of insulting some people HubertHeaver Feb 2016 #34

I thought it might trend older - TBF Feb 2016 #13

We're supposed to be Hillary supporters, LOL spinbaby Feb 2016 #17

I hear you - TBF Feb 2016 #23

LOL farleftlib Feb 2016 #18

All us old broads indeed. sarge43 Feb 2016 #22

IKR farleftlib Feb 2016 #24

"....someone has to worry about the other 99%." sarge43 Feb 2016 #31

This old Boomer broad could not agree more! marew Feb 2016 #30

+1,000 rosesaylavee Feb 2016 #36

Suggest more clarity for minority vote? Seems unclear. Nt ALBliberal Feb 2016 #19

I'm way over 50. yellerpup Feb 2016 #26

Gotcha beat, kid! marew Feb 2016 #27

Well, you'll have that and Sanders as our nominee yellerpup Feb 2016 #32

I JUST made the other group dana_b Feb 2016 #39

Welcome to the 'club' dana_b! yellerpup Feb 2016 #41

Wow thanks for doing this poll! leftcoastmountains Feb 2016 #29

I'm a female over fifty and I strongly support Bernie. Hate Hillary. have for years. ladyVet Feb 2016 #33

great post! hopemountain Feb 2016 #38

kick! leftcoastmountains Feb 2016 #35

thank you for asking! nt hopemountain Feb 2016 #37

Well if there are a lot of "geezers" on here Duckfan Feb 2016 #40

K&R leftcoastmountains Feb 2016 #42