Liberal group Democracy For America endorses Bernie Sanders

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Politico

By GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI

Bernie Sanders picked up his second significant progressive endorsement of the day on Thursday afternoon, and this one might sting for Hillary Clinton.

Democracy For America, the 1 million-member liberal group that helped stoke much of the pro-Elizabeth Warren movement early in the 2016 election cycle, is backing the independent Vermont senator after he earned 88 percent of the over 270,000 votes cast in the group’s online membership poll, compared with 10 percent for Clinton and 1 percent for both Martin O’Malley and the option not to endorse at all.

The move is significant given DFA's high threshold for endorsing. The group has existed since 2004, and no candidate had ever previously made it past the two-thirds mark necessary for the nod — which will come with fundraising help and an on-the-ground organization in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, DFA executive director Charles Chamberlain wrote in an email due to go to supporters on Thursday.

“This isn’t the first time DFA has stood side by side with Bernie Sanders. Our organization has been working with him to make progressive change happen for years,” wrote Chamberlain, announcing the results after all three candidates wrote DFA members letters asking for their support in recent weeks. “Together, we’ve run issue campaigns focused on raising the minimum wage, overturning Citizens United, and stopping the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership — and he has regularly chatted with our members on several DFA Live conference calls over the years."

FULL story at link. See the graphic below too.




The nod makes Thursday an extra-sweet day for underdog Bernie Sanders, coming just hours after news broke that he also picked up the endorsement of the Communication Workers of America. | AP Photo



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/bernie-sanders-democracy-for-america-endorsement-216902

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[peacebird]

1. Awesome news!

[FloridaBlues]

3. Don't think this takes anyone by surprise

[lewebley3]

16. The Group were the ones that lost Chicago, and Boston

[JeffHead]

2. Good news!

[jwirr]

4. Thank you DFA - you listened to us.

[Snotcicles]

6. I too thanked them. For their integrity. nt

[Dawgs]

5. This is what is called momentum. n/t

[JDPriestly]

7. THIS IS UUUUUUUGE!

DFA members work!

[Android3.14]

8. Cue the "But it's only an online poll" distraction

Good for DFA. Unlike Clinton, with her strategy to suppress the vote in the primary, Sanders does in fact and action epitomize the phrase Democracy for America.

[merrily]

32. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/128083341

[Eric J in MN]

9. DFA emailed messages from the candidates AFTER we voted.

The message from Hillary Clinton included Howard Dean's endorsement of her.

She might have done better if DFA emailed those message BEFORE we voted.

[Robbins]

10. actully

those messages were sent out during voting.But,try again.

[jeff47]

11. If they had your email before the vote, they emailed you before the vote.

If they didn't have your email until you voted, they emailed after you voted...and provided a link in each email to change your vote.

[Eric J in MN]

15. DFA had my email address before I voted.

I know because I was already getting emails from them before the vote, including recently.

They didn't send me the emails from the candidates until after I voted.

Clicking the link in the emails from the candidates just took me to their website, and showed that I had already voted. I didn't see instructions for changing my vote (I didn't want to change my vote, anyway).

[blackspade]

14. I received a message before and after.

The 'after' with a link to change my vote to Clinton.

[merrily]

31. Yep. A lot of people reported that a pitch by DFA for Clinton followed a vote for Bernie.

That's one reason I will make exactly one $3 donation to DFA and send all the rest of my money directly to the Sanders campaign via Omaha Steve's DU link.

[blackspade]

12. Yay!

I'm glad to be a part of this endorsement!

[litlbilly]

13. Anyone notice, when polls or endorsements are from the top / down, Hillary wins, bottom / up

Bernie doesn't just win, he knocks it out of the park. I would rather have the people simply because of the numbers. I truly don't think the money on Hillary's side will do much this time around.

[CharlotteVale]

19. Yes, and it's very telling.

[upaloopa]

30. Bernie only wins on line polls

How much you want to bet the next national poll he doesn't break 30%?

[Duval]

17. Super news!!

[nashville_brook]

18. wow -- 88% -- impressive.

[MissDeeds]

20. Bernie won by a landslide!!!

K&R

[WillyT]

21. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[George II]

22. Unfortunately they allowed people who aren't members or supporters to vote, and they allowed...

....people to vote more than once, and they didn't screen or verify that the voters were old enough to vote or even registered voters or United States citizens.

[Omaha Steve]

23. Link please

[George II]

24. DemocracyforAmerica.com

[Phlem]

27. nothing. Typical.

[merrily]

29. Bull puckies topped by sour grapes. I second Omaha Steve's request for a link.

[George II]

34. Go to their website (like I did), then go to "endorsements", "current applicants", pick one........

.........and provide the four pieces of information they ask for (first name, last name, email address and zip code)

[merrily]

35. The poll is over. However, how much harder it was for Hillary supporters to vote in the poll than it

was for Bernie supporters? Or was that, for once a level playing field--well, except that those who voted for Bernie got an email from DFA suggesting they switch their vote to Hillary. That wasn't level, but the poll itself seems to have been equally hard or easy for both, no? So, why all the sour grapes from the Hillary camp?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/128083341

[Spitfire of ATJ]

33. Really? How many times did you vote?

[gordyfl]

25. Very Impressive...

88% for Bernie.

10% for Hillary

That's very impressive -- no matter how you slice it.

[upaloopa]

26. This is like revenge for all the Hillary is winning polls

The liberal group Democratic Underground endorses Bernie Sanders !

[merrily]

36. I believe that was done back in April. This thread is about the DFA endorsement.

[merrily]

28. 88%? Meh.