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Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forum'Don't Underestimate Me': Bernie Sanders Knows a Thing or Two About Winning
Burlington, Vermont For the first century after the founding of the Grand Old Party in 1854, Republicans dominated the politics of the state of Vermont like no other. For more than 100 years, Vermont Republicans won every major race for every statewide office. Republican presidential candidates from John Fremont in 1856 to George H.W. Bush in 1988with the single exception of Barry Goldwater in 1964won the Green Mountain State. For one of Vermonts US Senate seats, an unbroken Republican winning streak continued from before the Civil War to the beginning of the 21st century.
Only in 2006 was the Senate seat streak broken with the election of a candidate who was not a Republican.
His name was Bernie Sanders.
Of all the announced and potential contenders for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, none has a longer track record of taking on tough races, beating incumbents, and upsetting the political calculus. Sanders has won 14 elections in Vermont, including ten straight races for the US House and US Senate as the most politically successful and longest serving independent member of Congress in American history.
http://www.thenation.com/blog/208121/why-bernie-sanders-says-dont-underestimate-me
Only in 2006 was the Senate seat streak broken with the election of a candidate who was not a Republican.
His name was Bernie Sanders.
Of all the announced and potential contenders for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, none has a longer track record of taking on tough races, beating incumbents, and upsetting the political calculus. Sanders has won 14 elections in Vermont, including ten straight races for the US House and US Senate as the most politically successful and longest serving independent member of Congress in American history.
http://www.thenation.com/blog/208121/why-bernie-sanders-says-dont-underestimate-me
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'Don't Underestimate Me': Bernie Sanders Knows a Thing or Two About Winning (Original Post)
smokey nj
May 2015
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Paka
(2,760 posts)1. He's simply too awesome for words.
aspirant
(3,533 posts)2. Let's go beyond estimates,
he's a proven winner,
"Ain't no stoppin us now, we're on the move."
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)3. K&R.
Bernie is experienced and can win. He has proven that he is a good candidate who can field questions and knows how to talk with voters.
He talks to his constituents a lot from what I read and does not need a special tour with coversations with pre-selected participants to find out what is on voters' minds. Bernie is going to win hearts and minds in the press even if the media owners remain wary of him.
I have confidence in Bernie Sanders. Many good people on DU, a minority of DÛers, but good people do not yet understand why Bernie is the strongest candidate, but I am confident that they will learn why he is likely to win in Nov, 2016.