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Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Gallup--Less Than Half in U.S. Would Vote for a Socialist for President [View all]Gothmog
(145,130 posts)72. Washington Post-Sanders wants Americans to buy into socialism. He's got some convincing to do
I do not think that the Democratic Party can win with a socialist on the ticket
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Its a risky move, not least because he has some convincing to do among his 2020 Democratic field and the whole country. Should the Democratic Party embrace socialism? is at the heart of its debate about what kind of candidate can beat President Trump.
Lets start with the whole country. Less than half of Americans say theyd vote for a socialist for president. More say theyd vote for an atheist or Muslim, according to a Gallup survey in May. Thats the same as 2015 when Sanders first launched his presidency, despite his efforts during that campaign to warm Americans up to socialism. A Monmouth University survey in April finds 57 percent of Americans think socialism is not compatible with American values.....
If were not careful, were going to end up reelecting the worst president in American history, said former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper. (He got booed by a gathering of Democrats in San Francisco for saying that.) Its also notable that the most vocal proponents of dropping socialism from the campaign trail are at the bottom of the polls right now....
Republicans are downright giddy about all this. Whats a scarier term to the American public than socialist? And with one of the leaders in the Democratic Party embracing it, their pitch to voters that Democrats want to radically change the country to something unrecognizable just got a lot easier.
Lets start with the whole country. Less than half of Americans say theyd vote for a socialist for president. More say theyd vote for an atheist or Muslim, according to a Gallup survey in May. Thats the same as 2015 when Sanders first launched his presidency, despite his efforts during that campaign to warm Americans up to socialism. A Monmouth University survey in April finds 57 percent of Americans think socialism is not compatible with American values.....
If were not careful, were going to end up reelecting the worst president in American history, said former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper. (He got booed by a gathering of Democrats in San Francisco for saying that.) Its also notable that the most vocal proponents of dropping socialism from the campaign trail are at the bottom of the polls right now....
Republicans are downright giddy about all this. Whats a scarier term to the American public than socialist? And with one of the leaders in the Democratic Party embracing it, their pitch to voters that Democrats want to radically change the country to something unrecognizable just got a lot easier.
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Gallup--Less Than Half in U.S. Would Vote for a Socialist for President [View all]
Gothmog
May 2019
OP
Have you been to Europe? He is still to the right of some socialist parties in most countries there
Tiggeroshii
May 2019
#6
Sanders never got more than about a quarter of a million votes in any of his elections.
George II
May 2019
#46
I agree. The problem is in our politics if you're explaining you're losing.
BannonsLiver
Jun 2019
#82
"..too much of a reluctance on the part of progressives and radicals to use the word 'socialism"..
Cha
May 2019
#65
Considering you probably don't believe anything else he says, why start now?
Tiggeroshii
Jun 2019
#79
The GOP has large oppo file and would use this and other material if sanders was nominee
Gothmog
May 2019
#40
Bernie will never win a majority through the regular delegates -- he topped out last time
pnwmom
May 2019
#8
Democratic Socialist: a socialist who uses the Democratic Party's infrastructure in order to
Skya Rhen
May 2019
#38
"from each according to his abilities to each according to his polling numbers"
brooklynite
May 2019
#41
Bernie will be painted as the old style socialist with a gold sickle and hammer on his forehead...
cynatnite
May 2019
#49
It would be much higher once the GOP got finished with Bernie in a general election
BannonsLiver
May 2019
#51
Fewer than half of those eligible voted for Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter...
PETRUS
May 2019
#63
Washington Post-Sanders wants Americans to buy into socialism. He's got some convincing to do
Gothmog
Jun 2019
#72
You mean Bernie's primary rivals are fascists? I didn't know BS was our only choice. NT
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#81
FDR was sometimes pegged as a Socialist, yet he won 4 terms as President. He was also said by some
mtnsnake
Jun 2019
#89
We Dems are way too nice. We should be calling Trump a Fascist way more often than we do
mtnsnake
Jun 2019
#104