Err, what? (Reply #43) - Democratic Underground

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Tue Mar 12, 2019, 04:42 AM

Kentonio (4,165 posts)

43. Err, what?

Bernie had great support from independents in 2016. It was one of the main reasons some of us were pushing for him so hard, because he was clearly able to bring in large numbers of voters we've been struggling to get in recent years.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Bernie Sanders

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96 replies	Author	Time	Post
Sanders and electability... [View all]	RobertDevereaux	Mar 2019	OP
Here is another snip from the article:	TexasTowelie	Mar 2019	#1
One would hope every candidate's team is addressing their candidates weaknesses as	Nanjeanne	Mar 2019	#4
After reading the pollster's comments I'm reminded of the following:	TexasTowelie	Mar 2019	#6
I am a woman. And after some of the comments about abortion rights and identity politics, I	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#13
Comments about abortion rights?	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#22
Who told us on Maddow that a beleaguered women's health organization is "establishment" ?	emulatorloo	Mar 2019	#28
Calling PP establishment versus:	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#33
Yeah love Bernie's essay on how women get cancer because they won't put out for their revolutionary	emulatorloo	Mar 2019	#36
You should look at the beginning of this sub thread to see who I was speaking to and about.	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#38
Nope...he endorsed Hugh Mello and said we needed to welcome people with opposing views on	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#51
See the article From 2015	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#58
There is a difference than welcoming those with opposing views...we have a Senator from PA	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#60
Just to be clear. Sanders never supported an amendment to restrict abortions.	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#61
Sanders campaign for Mello who did succeed in restricting abortion in Nebraska...so that	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#95
Sen. Sanders voted for the crime bill and against the Immigration bill...he also voted against	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#68
Joe Biden WROTE the damn crime bill. Since we are doing whataboutism. And it was 1994. Not 40 years	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#86
The violence against women act was a provision of that bill you know....and I don't give a damn	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#88
Oh you mean Senator Sanders doesn't currently face "this sort of thing"?	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#90
No surprise there!!	InAbLuEsTaTe	Mar 2019	#2
Electability is an argument I've never understood...	TCJ70	Mar 2019	#3
You are right, it makes no sense, especial this time around.	marylandblue	Mar 2019	#8
Electablity is a key factor in this race	Gothmog	Mar 2019	#66
Electability isn't a valuable criterion to use to try to sway others...	TCJ70	Mar 2019	#89
Willing to bet that EVERY campaign says their candidate is strong...	brooklynite	Mar 2019	#5
Bernie would be among the least-possible Dems to beat Trump	scheming daemons	Mar 2019	#7
Trump begins with about 40 % of vote. I think he will be tough to beat and I believe	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#9
That's a poor number for an incumbent. Trump also zero chance of getting 50% of the vote. Zip. Nada.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#26
He won with numbers like that last time.	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#49
Barely. And he needed a ton of help to pull it off.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#69
With voting supression and cheating...I will take no chances. We need an electable candidate who	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#72
Then Biden is the safest choice. I much prefer him over Bernie anyway.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#76
I don't think Sen. Sanders is electable myself in a general. Of course if I am wrong he has my vote.	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#77
Agreed. Polls mean nothing right now. Whether they're preference polls or hypothetical matchup polls	Garrett78	Mar 2019	#10
I think Sanders would beat Trump handily.	marylandblue	Mar 2019	#12
I'm not so sure about it	blue cat	Mar 2019	#14
On certain issues, he is not so different. Trump ran on a non-interventionist	marylandblue	Mar 2019	#16
Trump's foreign policy message called for the US to commit literal war crimes.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#29
Well allowing for the usual lies and bluster	marylandblue	Mar 2019	#32
Yeah cool story	blue cat	Mar 2019	#30
You heard wrong. Bernie called for a NATO "like" organization/coalition to fight ISIS	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#37
Yup	bkelly	Mar 2019	#45
Fishy no matter the explanation	blue cat	Mar 2019	#46
Lol. Ok.	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#50
RT was pushing the "we need a new 'Nato-like' organization that includes Russia"	lapucelle	Mar 2019	#55
Bernie would smash Trump.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#27
No he wouldn't	blue cat	Mar 2019	#31
And "No, he wouldn't" is your opinion.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#34
Some opinions border on wishful thinking...not saying yours .	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#52
Fact is, Bernie is extremely popular with large segments of the Democratic base.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#70
I see no indication of that. I do think he is not popular with large segments of Democrats.	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#71
Did you see the Iowa poll over the weekend? Bernie finished a close second to Biden.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#75
Polls are everywhere... but even if he wins Iowa...North Carolina will be the end.	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#80
Iowa is a rural white state	radius777	Mar 2019	#85
I also say "No he wouldn't"	katmondoo	Mar 2019	#53
They also said George McGovern would handily beat Richard Nixon	still_one	Mar 2019	#79
People ignored the polls, which showed Nixon consistently leading by a wide margin	marylandblue	Mar 2019	#83
Agree completely!!	Thekaspervote	Mar 2019	#18
Bernie had major support among independents in 2016.	RobertDevereaux	Mar 2019	#21
Err, what?	Kentonio	Mar 2019	#43
Not "among"... the LEAST imo.	Amimnoch	Mar 2019	#48
I guess people aren't too concerned as to his "likeability" because he's a man....	George II	Mar 2019	#63
Bernie is a loser...	NurseJackie	Mar 2019	#64
I'll be interested to see polling of head to head matchups.	David__77	Mar 2019	#11
Sure I totally trust a Sanders pollster	NastyRiffraff	Mar 2019	#15
The avenue of attack Bernie faces in a democratic primary	Trenzalore	Mar 2019	#17
Correct!! Hopefully he will not be the candidate. The repukes will dig him such a hole to stand in	Thekaspervote	Mar 2019	#19
The playbook will largely remain the same regardless of the candidate	Trenzalore	Mar 2019	#20
Sanders' essays and the fate of Burlington college	forklift	Mar 2019	#24
The die-hard faithful will always think he is electable	forklift	Mar 2019	#23
Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt) isn't electable in my estimation	CrossingTheRubicon	Mar 2019	#25
I agree!!	OhZone	Mar 2019	#35
Sanders can't hold onto the Obama/Clinton coalition.	radius777	Mar 2019	#39
The article from the Daily Beast . . .	peggysue2	Mar 2019	#40
And that's just the tip of the iceberg	radius777	Mar 2019	#41
That "bread lines are a good thing" enrages me because who's most likely to be in those lines?	betsuni	Mar 2019	#42
You might want to reconsider saying a Democratic presidential candidate has 'dictatorial sympathies'	Kentonio	Mar 2019	#44
The facts are the facts.	radius777	Mar 2019	#47
Gee! Maybe	True Blue American	Mar 2019	#57
LOL!!	peggysue2	Mar 2019	#62
Do you disagree with his comments?	David__77	Mar 2019	#67
I don't think such comments will play well.	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#73
What would you call it?	Tarheel_Dem	Mar 2019	#74
Prediction, something I never do.:)	True Blue American	Mar 2019	#56
I hope you are right!	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#78
So far	True Blue American	Mar 2019	#81
I met Joe Biden a number of times when I worked for Pres. Obama's two campaigns. He is a great guy.	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#84
There are a LOT of videos out there that will be issues around this time next year.	George II	Mar 2019	#65
As a Latina, I will never get over his vote on immigration reform. And to add insult to injury, the	lunamagica	Mar 2019	#54
I strongly do not believe that sanders is electable	Gothmog	Mar 2019	#59
Agreed. nt	OhZone	Mar 2019	#82
Electability is my main issue	Gothmog	Mar 2019	#87
Bernie wrote the platform that all just about all the democratic candidates are running on	workinclasszero	Mar 2019	#91
Yeah, he wrote FDR's platform too.	MrsCoffee	Mar 2019	#92
.....	ehrnst	Mar 2019	#93
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Mar 2019	#94
Washington Post-'Electability' and 'Bernie' don't belong in the same sentence	Gothmog	Apr 2019	#96

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