How many Democrats believe that if Sanders is the nominee Trump will be reelected.

[olegramps]

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Will the charge that he is a Socialist be a factor that could tip the election along with his Medicare for All that many believe could be unreasonably cost prohibitive.

[Prue]

1. Sadly I believe that to be the case

Trump created a race war and Bernie is creating a generational war.

[Laurian]

2. I do.

[FBaggins]

3. Roughly the same number who believed that a Trump nomination meant Clinton would be elected

I include myself in both camps... and hope that I'm just as wrong this time around.

[Cartoonist]

4. I'm ok with Sanders

It's Biden I fear as our weakest candidate. I like Joe as a person, but not as a leader.

[Loki Liesmith]

5. Me.

[Demsrule86]

6. Trump will beat Sanders.

[Kingofalldems]

7. I do.

[beachbumbob]

8. the problem would be in battleground states and the basic fact that the "young supporters"

of sanders do not vote in same percentage as older voters, they never have and most likely never will. So the question would be what is the appeal to to over50/55 crowd to support and get out to vote for sanders in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, ? States that determine who is elected. Then the the down ballot question if older voters who are not enthused with sanders, will that cost the democrats the House and make winning the Senate impossible?

We do have a problem and why GOP is pushing and hoping for Sanders to be the nominee

[dalton99a]

51. +1

[tman]

9. I'm in the UK and see parallels to Corbyn.

Bernie brings alot of young voters, but the one's he isolates may be a net negative or neutral at best. I also believe his VP pick will be the most important and scrutinized in election history (for obvious reasons). This matters because he's likely to go with a radical pick (fellow socialist) that furthers isolates most voters.

I feel African American and Hispanic turnout won't be overwhelming should he be the nominee.

[pamdb]

23. U.K. guy

Don’t count on young people and college students. Election falls right around mid terms and papers due. My husband teaches history at a community college. He’s not real impressed or confident in today’s students.

P.S. it’s been awhile, but always loved the UK. Gotta get back.

[Squinch]

10. I do.

[True Blue American]

12. I do!

[avlbeerfan]

11. No

I think the Bern is the one. People at large are tired of the 1% getting it al.l

[True Blue American]

13. I am tired of anger and rage.

[Coleman]

14. Trump will win no matter who runs

Voter suppression
Russian hacking
Facebook
Electoral College
State legislators choosing the electors
Voter intimidation
Republican poll watchers
Armed poll watchers

[bearsfootball516]

17. Good Lord. What's the point in voting then, right?

[MoMof6]

42. No. Don't buy into this. Stay positive. n/t

[samnsara]

61. no we have a very good chance if we dont blow it..as with any election...our nominee has to be made

..surgical precision. Our state has all mail in ballots so no armed poll watchers here..or voter intimidation.. we have NO POLLS to vote at. Stay off FB..its a data collector. We are smarter this election than 4 years ago and look what we did 2 years ago! Russian hacking would have thwarted that..knowing damn good and well it would probably lead to impeachment. I'm confident if we stay the course and not get distracted by shiny things or pie in the sky promises we can prevail and win this race...and the Senate but we have to make informed, mature, researched and well thought out choices.

[katmondoo]

15. Sanders will not get the nomination

I am tired of his angry face and I do not trust his ideas. Where was he when Ted Kennedy was fighting for us. I never heard of him until Clinton ran for President in 2016.

[apcalc]

29. Yes. Both times when Trump has run.

[Dream Girl]

59. Interesting coincidence I've had similar thoughts....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. Bernie would be a disaster. Four more years of Trump.

[Fullduplexxx]

18. Bernie praising communism isnt going to help

[sinkingfeeling]

19. Me.

[greatauntoftriplets]

20. Me.

[Apollo Zeus]

21. Why not look at polling ?

Sanders beats Trump just as many other potential nominees do:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/general_election/

[pamdb]

22. Sanders

If he is nominated, he will go from a democratic socialist to a full blown “commie” by trump. He hasn’t provided much on his Medicare for all as far as what it would cost except to say it will raise taxes on the middle class. We will lose. Don’t count on college students to come out in waves, not gonna happen. We will lose the suburban women we got back in 2018. I don’t mind the idea of Bernie BEING president, I just don’t think he can get elected. And of course I’ll vote for whomever the nominee is.

[NewJeffCT]

25. Sanders has his quote from years back

saying that universal healthcare would bankrupt America. That will be played OVER and OVER on YouTube, Facebook as well as on Limbaugh, Fox News and elsewhere.

And, don't forget that Sinclair Broadcasting will mandate the local anchors attack Sanders as well to follow suit.

[Paladin]

24. Me. (nt)

[MaryMagdaline]

26. I do

[philf99]

27. My speculation is

Sanders will lose badly and Democrats down ballot will get slaughtered. We need to keep the house and almost as important take over control of the US Senate.

[Cosmocat]

43. likely scenario

If he is the candidate his "base" had better GD well somehow overwhelm the zombie base ... only outside shot.

[LonePirate]

28. I suspect many moderates feel that way because they hate Bernie's policies more than they hate 45.

[blogslut]

30. wrong forum

[mainstreetonce]

31. If you are in a Super Tuesday state or in SC,it is up to you

We have to have huge turnout for,an electable candidate.
The party had it right before it all started and Joe was the front-runner.

[Gothmog]

32. If sanders is the nominee, trump will win 4t+ states

We will also lose down ballot races and have a speaker Kevin McCarthy

[Buns_of_Fire]

33. In before the lock. (I've always wanted to say that.) nt

[Beakybird]

34. I love Bernie's policies. I hate his hires and mean spirited supporters.

I think he would lose to Trump, but if something volatile happens to the economy or national security, anything's possible.

[wiley]

35. This household of 11 all believe Sanders is not a winning proposition

And that his loss and the possible loss of both the House and Senate will set back civil rights, women’s rights, reproductive rights, immigrants rights, lgbtq+ rights, workers right and our fight against climate change a hundred years.

[jrthin]

36. Me.

[MontanaFarmer]

37. I think Sanders loses but i see a path for him actually.

He's a disaster in the Senate races. Our pickup opportunities are largely in the sun belt where i think his candidacy plays terribly. I'm not convinced Bernie wouldn't actually run pretty strongly in the rust belt but he would get crushed in places like NC, Georgia, Arizona, Texas etc. Just one man's opinion.

[Hoyt]

38. Would love to think Sanders will win GE and help downticket Dems, but I don't.

[nobuddy]

39. If he is the nominee

and all the haters in here pout or go full puma then he could have some problems.

No one is getting a free ride this election. It's a sitting President and that's incredibly hard to knock out.

But have at it with the anecdotes trumps polling evidence hot takes.

[kentuck]

40. It depends on how many Democrats will choose Trump over Sanders.

They have a misguided notion about how the President passes "socialist" legislation in our system of government. They do not seem to realize that the biggest socialist in the world would have to pass his agenda thru the Congress.

In reality, "Socialist" is nothing but a label, unless the people agree with it.

[tavernier]

41. I will vote for whoever is our candidate.

But no, the non dem voters in this country won’t vote for Bernie. If he is the candidate, many will just stay home.

[Cosmocat]

45. YEP

There is a reason the Rs REALLY, REALLY want him to be our nominee.

[Nevermypresident]

49. K & R

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

46. Likewise

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

44. It's a reasonable possibility

I fear much of Sanders' success in the primaries is from Republicans crossing over.

[dalton99a]

50. +1. Republicans love Bernie.

He's their ticket to the Trump Dynasty and perpetual white minority rule

[muntrv]

47. I do.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

48. wrong forum

[handmade34]

52. we would be wise

to listen to Nicole Wallace

[RandySF]

53. I do

And we lose the House.

[samnsara]

54. me..i believe it 100%

[DonaldsRump]

55. I do n/t

[jcgoldie]

56. Take this crap to the primaries forum

Its a nonsense attack in the first place to try to contend that the strongest candidate Democrats could elect would be a general election liability. Pure speculation inviting cheap shots.

[Evergreen Emerald]

57. Yes

[GreenPartyVoter]

58. I am cynical enough to believe that the fix is already in for Drumpf, regardless of our nominee.

I’m still voting in the hopes that down ticket races are less likely to be rigged and that I will have a small impact there. I also hope somehow Drumpf finds out just how many votes were actually cast against him before they declared him the winner, and that it grinds him for the rest of his days. (And as an aside, are ogres usually shorter or longer lived than humans?)

[COLGATE4]

60. Yep. Not a doubt in my mind.

[berksdem]

62. No doubt in my mind

that Trump will win if BS is the candidate.

[redstateblues]

63. Sanders would lose. America isn't going to elect a Socialist

[PAMod]

64. He will be playing defense all the way into the ground...

...taking the Senate, and maybe even the House with him.

It’s electoral malpractice if we do it.

The word “progressive” will become a sneering pejorative, the way “liberal” was after McGovern.

[PubliusEnigma]

65. Trump wants Bernie. He defends Bernie. That tells you all that you need to know.

[jcgoldie]

67. Trump's a fucking idiot

Why does any Democrat give a shit who Trump wants to run against?

[PubliusEnigma]

71. Trump knows Bernie doesn't have a chance. Even an idiot knows that America doesn't elect Socialists.

[wisteria]

66. All members of my family and me.

Total-25

[onetexan]

68. NO DOUBT - the Idiot w get a 2nd term if BS is the nominee

[olegramps]

69. I find the thoughts of those who posted to be troubling at best.

I would venture to say that the people who post on this board tend to be more on the liberal side which seems at variance with the results that most who commented they believe that Sanders would lose the election to Trump. I would like to point out that I believe that Sanders is also vulnerable in that his views on tariffs and the trade agreements were in agreement with Trump's. I can imagine how Trump could take advantage of his views as being in alignment with his.

The only issue that I see that is out standing is his Medicare for All and that has far less than universal enthusiastic support. It also appears to me that last nights debate was not beneficial and detracted from the most important issue. That is the Republican's determination to establish a authoritarian presidency. For me this issue takes precedence. The very existence of our Democratic Republic is at stake. I don't find it very reassuring to watch what some have classified as a food fight rather than an a mature discussion of the critical issues.

[Wounded Bear]

70. It is a concern...but I'll vote for him if it comes to it...

[Raftergirl]

72. I'm a Blue No Matter Who

but think Bernie will lose.

The youth vote never pans out like everyone thinks it will. I’ve been hearing that crap for the 45 years I’ve been voting in elections.

[USALiberal]

73. This is wrong forum! Nt

[USALiberal]

74. Locking, please post in Primary Forum! Nt