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calimary

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28. We'd have a much more realistic portrait of how Democrats might vote in the general.
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 12:04 PM
Feb 2020

And an inkling of what much of America will do in the general.

It’s just a fact. A fact many including in the media and our leadership either don’t get, can’t get, or won’t get. America simply IS NOT an all-white country. In most of our lifetimes that will be numerically correct. The white demographic is not the one that’s expanding. Latino and African/American both are, in that order, from the various figurings I’ve seen.

We are a mixed-race country any way you look at it. Any questions? Just watch a set of commercials on TV sometime. You’ll start noticing a whole lot of ‘em now featuring mixed-race families - dad taking kids for ice cream after school, family at table or outside with neighbors at backyard barbecue, woman noticing the cleaner clothes (better detergent!) on somebody else’s kid at football practice, pals cuddling around a beach bonfire or crowding into an SUV to go to the mountains, etc.

There’s a reason for that. “Madison Avenue” certainly has taken note.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
What if SC and NV went first? [View all] evertonfc Feb 2020 OP
Probably Right Progressive2020 Feb 2020 #1
No objection but it won't stop NH from going first... brooklynite Feb 2020 #2
You do know the parties don't set primary dates right? (NT) ripcord Feb 2020 #3
That's not entirely true democrattotheend Feb 2020 #6
you're correct wyldwolf Feb 2020 #17
Accomodations can be made. SC and NV can move up even. No way should these two... brush Feb 2020 #10
Obama won Iowa and tied Hillary in delegates in NH back in 2008 Kaleva Feb 2020 #13
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
Harris and Booker might still be in the race had black leaders supported them Kaleva Feb 2020 #21
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
Yes, many AAs didn't come around at first as many were devoted Clintonistas. brush Feb 2020 #27
They are kind of big democrattotheend Feb 2020 #4
When was the last time a Democrat won a presidential election in South Carolina? Renew Deal Feb 2020 #5
Carter, Kennedy, FDR nt Celerity Feb 2020 #9
Yes. And that any state should predict our next President is wrong wisteria Feb 2020 #7
I'd be fine with NV but not SC. Ace Rothstein Feb 2020 #8
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
So do Georgia and North Carolina ibegurpard Feb 2020 #12
As for Georgia, there's the blatant vote suppression factor, and SC as always been early. What's... brush Feb 2020 #16
That's why I suggested going with NC or GA in place of SC. Ace Rothstein Feb 2020 #23
And Georgia and NC are suddenl blue states? And you think SC will appreciated being brush Feb 2020 #24
Harris and Booker would still be in the race, and would be competitive candidates mcar Feb 2020 #19
Either way, an Iowa Caucus is a horrible way to start, IMO. n/t cynatnite Feb 2020 #20
Totally agree. Got to start primary voting season with a BANG! democratisphere Feb 2020 #26
We'd have a much more realistic portrait of how Democrats might vote in the general. calimary Feb 2020 #28
That would work in terms of a low cost media market, which helps out Malmsy Feb 2020 #29
BS would be in large trouble. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #30
NH is first more for the small size than the demographics Tarc Feb 2020 #31
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