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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: What if SC and NV went first? [View all]brush
(53,742 posts)10. Accomodations can be made. SC and NV can move up even. No way should these two...
small, nearly all-white states have such out-sized influence on who polls higher and raises more money to continue on in the race. They favor white candidates and disadvantage candidates with strong African-American and POC support. Changes must be made or we risk losing AA/POC support without which no Democrat can win the GE.
It's almost a form of white privilege for two states which do not reflect the make-up of the party get to shape the race as they do.
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Accomodations can be made. SC and NV can move up even. No way should these two...
brush
Feb 2020
#10
O was a "movement" candidate and '08 was a different time (optimistic and pre-trump..
brush
Feb 2020
#14
The inability of AA candidates to get traction in diverse states ended their campaigns.
Kaleva
Feb 2020
#15
Maybe, or maybe the intense media scrutiny of low Iowa polling had something to do with that?
brush
Feb 2020
#18
AAs are susceptible to the effects of poor polling repeated endlessly by the media too.
brush
Feb 2020
#22
Oddly, Obama did very well in small all-white states in the 2008 primaries
democrattotheend
Feb 2020
#25
When was the last time a Democrat won a presidential election in South Carolina?
Renew Deal
Feb 2020
#5
It's the primary not the general, and SC has a large AA voting base. Moving SC up would be a...
brush
Feb 2020
#11
As for Georgia, there's the blatant vote suppression factor, and SC as always been early. What's...
brush
Feb 2020
#16
And Georgia and NC are suddenl blue states? And you think SC will appreciated being
brush
Feb 2020
#24
We'd have a much more realistic portrait of how Democrats might vote in the general.
calimary
Feb 2020
#28