IS BERNIE SANDERS'S 2020 SUPPORT SLIPPING? A SURVEY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS SAYS YES

[Omaha Steve]

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Source: Newsweek

BY MARIE SOLIS

Voters in a state that helped launch Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders's 2016 bid for the presidency may not be "feeling the Bern" as much two years later, now that it's rumored the senator could run again in 2020.

Sanders trails Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren as well as former Vice President Joe Biden in a survey of New Hampshire voters' preferred 2020 candidate, according to new polling from Suffolk University released on Wednesday. Sanders won over just 13 percent of New Hampshire voters, while Warren was preferred by 26 percent of the respondents and Biden by 20 percent. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker fell below Sanders with 8 percent, California Senator Kamala Harris and former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick each got 4 percent, and former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand received 2 percent each.

The poll was administered more than two years ahead of 2020's general election, but the results suggest that a state that once considered Sanders their first choice for president is open to other options when presented with a slate of potential Democratic contenders.

“For someone who hasn't visited New Hampshire in over a year, Joe Biden’s popularity is strong and steady," David Paleologos, Suffolk University Political Research Center's Boston director said. "What is perhaps surprising is that Bernie Sanders—who secured 60 percent of the New Hampshire Democratic primary vote in 2016—is retaining less than half of that support two years later."

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[redstatebluegirl]

1. His attacks on the party will be his downfall.

He cannot win with the percentage of Bernie or nothing voters.

[Demsrule86]

37. I agree...there was always disconnect between Democratic voters and Sen. Sanders. It has worsened

with some unwise remarks on his part.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. Go away Bernie.

Noone cares. You had your shot, and you eff'ed it up. If I hear one more Bernie post, I'm going to start running Hillary again. Let it go.

[late]

3. Age prob has a lot to do with it

I like Bernie a lot. But it's time for my generation to step aside.

[olegramps]

8. I really agree with you. I want some young new blood to lead the party.

Someone who is more attuned with the those who are the future of the nation. I am just tired of the same old crap from a pack of worn out geezers. Trump is just a nasty, slimy old bastard I wouldn't shake hands with. Lordy, I think half the Senate is chaired by senile old cranks with constipation issues. Just what we need some old bastard that needs his grand kid's help plugging in the computer.

[kstewart33]

11. Agree, late.

We need new voices with more energy. Same ole, same ole, just won't cut it. Not this time around.

[Bok_Tukalo]

4. I assume his support will slip since there will be candidates in the race other than Clinton

Sanders benefited from essentially a binary choice; Clinton or not-Clinton.

[Cha]

27. Hillary has nothing to do with 2020.

[Upstate One]

5. Sanders has to win northern states

Given his weakness in the South.

[John Fante]

6. His outreach to economically anxious Trump voters

isn't helping his cause, I take it.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. I originally thought he'd fade once the primaries got under way

Now I wonder if he won't even be a factor by then.

[duforsure]

9. I believe his time has passed,

And he's too old. We need younger people, especially a woman .

[DemocracyMouse]

10. Bernie Sanders helped to WAKE UP this country...

... to its underlying class divisions and rigged economy. Give the man a break. He has moved us forward, just as Hilllary moved us forward on the same and orher issues. The primaries among Democrats were far more mutually supportive between those two than what the Republicans showed. Let's honor both Hillary and Bernie – and the issues they stand for – by not succumbing to this provocation.

This discussion seems engineered to provoke, not to enlighten.

[pangaia]

12. This discussion seems engineered to provoke, not to enlighten.

This isn't the only one.

[royable]

14. THE ALL CAPS SUBJECT LINE IS A FIRST CLUE.

The content is a second.

[Omaha Steve]

17. The title at Newsweek is ALL CAPS

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LBN rules on titles being verbatim was followed to the letter with a simple copy and paste.

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[Bradical79]

21. IT'S NEWSWEEK

All their headlines are in all caps.

[Cha]

29. You're wrong.. Newsweek always puts their headline in

Caps. And, the OP is a BS supporter.

[honest.abe]

18. I believe Omaha Steve was a strong supporter of Bernie Sanders during the primaries.

Good rule of thumb.. dont make assumptions.

[pangaia]

19. I was also. Plus, I pretty much enjoy Omaha Steve's posts.

[honest.abe]

20. Right.. so I think Omaha Steve is simply providing some interesting and useful information.

No reason to make accusations.

[pangaia]

24. You're probably right about that.

Thanks for pointing it out to me.

[royable]

23. In no way did I mean to fault the poster. The problem is with the headline itself.

It could have been worded in a less sensationalistic way. I too was a Bernie supporter in the primaries.

[Cha]

28. It's political news on a political discussion board.

[Hortensis]

13. Elizabeth Warren , an accomplished doer, did.

Sanders offered himself to people eager for a leader when she decided not to run. Such a shame. I was really hoping she would.

[Demsrule86]

38. Democrats have spoken and written on income inequality for years. There is nothing new

with Sen. Sanders. Another reason he won't win in 20 is the constant co-opting of Democratic ideology.

[left-of-center2012]

16. Big yawn

We need to win this year's elections
but some are still looking back at 2016
or leapfrogging to 2020.

Ho hum

[karynnj]

22. One huge difference is that in 2016, there was a constrained choice

It did not include either Warren or Biden. I think even O'Malley had dropped out -- and Chaffee and Webb never gained traction. It was Clinton or Sanders.

I suspect that if Warren were an option, she likely would have taken a huge chunk of his vote and maybe some (but less) of Clinton's.

[StevieM]

25. It seems like the main beneficiaries of Warren not running will be Bernie Sanders and Deval Patrick.

I don't think Patrick will run if Joe Biden does. Eric Holder seems likely to run regardless.

In 2016 O'Malley dropped out after Iowa.

[sarcasmo]

30. Thanks for the good news.

[Mike Nelson]

31. I'm not...

...surprised Bernie is fading... but I am surprised Biden and Warren are in the lead. I have nothing against them, but I was predicting all the bigger names would fade. Maybe voters will want the security of someone familiar. Oh well, it is still too early to tell...

[karynnj]

34. The value of Iowa is that someone with low name recognition

can win or even just do unexpectedly well and they will then get some coverage. If that person or people are impressive, they will suddenly be much higher than now.

I suspect that now it is mostly name recognition. Think of how many people know who Biden and Sanders are vs say Harris, Gilibrand, etc. Even here, in a very political group, I suspect most of us are not sure who we are for.

[elocs]

32. "IS BERNIE SANDERS'S 2020 SUPPORT SLIPPING? A SURVEY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS SAYS YES"

One can only hope. I want an actual member of the Democratic Party as the nominee, a person who has run as a Democrat in their every election despite the imperfection of the party.
I will vote for Sanders if he is the nominee of the Democratic Party, but in his running for the nomination, even as a senior citizen I will answer phones, knock on doors, and donate what little money I can to stop him from winning it.

[JackRiddler]

33. TELL YOURSELF THAT AND IT'S TRUE! MAGIC!

How is this tendentious ALL-CAPS shit LBN, by the way?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

35. YESSSS!!

[Omaha Steve]

36. The Newsweek title is all caps...LBN is title verbatim

See reply #17.

This DUer raised over $77,000 for Bernie on the DU through Act Blue. Need I say more?

But your free to alert the hosts anytime you feel an LBN story isn't worthy.

OS