Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forum**BREAKING FLORIDA POLL**: Smoking Joe Biden 39% Sander 16% Warren 5%
Biden39%
Sanders
16%
Warren
5%
Harris
5%
Buttigieg
3%
O'Rourke
1%
Booker
1%
Klobuchar
1%
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000016a-a480-dbd0-ad7e-e6ef4b840001
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LakeArenal
(28,806 posts)Yay. Joe Biden 2020.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Biden is so far ahead. I don't recall a time when someone was that far ahead in the primary this early and didn't go on to win it.
What's interesting is the 2nd and 3rd slot. Sanders won't be VP, but looks like Warren and Harris could be possibilities.
Although I'm not leaning to supporting Biden, if he gets the nomination I'll vote for him, and I would be happy with either Warren or Harris being on the ticket. But strategy-wise, I don't think either of them offer what he needs in a VP. Buttigieg may (midwest, and a minority, if you count being gay). Indiana is a Republican stronghold, so I wonder if Buttigieg being on the ticket would help with that. O'Rourke helps because of Texas, but another white male probably is probably not a good idea.
Klobuchar? From MN. Female. Smart. I'd be happy to see her on the ticket, and she adds strength in a middle America area. But MN voted for Hillary, anyway, in 2016, so....
Stacey Abrams would add to the ticket. A minority and a woman (large Democratic demographic groups), and a southern state that narrowly voted for Trump. But people say she needs to run for the U S Senate, to help the party there. So I don't know.
A tough decision. Just thinking out loud.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Funtatlaguy
(10,862 posts)She has too many philosophical differences with him.
But Harris or Klobuchar would work well with him.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I would think that cell phone reaches a younger audience. Other than that, I don't see the difference. Many people don't have landlines any more.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)I didn't need a lecture.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)If you were being sarcastic, that's what the "sarcasm" emoji is for.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)That's what a person making fun of using cell phones for the poll would do, even tho you say that wasn't your purpose for using it. So I accept what you say. But using the "sarcasm" emoji can't be used for either stance. Only for what you say your stance was.
Just sayin'. You are free to use whatever you want. But if you don't want your sarcasm misunderstood, it may be best to use the emoji intended for that.
Case in point: If that's what you meant, I misunderstood it. Whatever.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)stop beating a dead horse?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)why do I have to be the one to apologize. You gotta be kidding me.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,187 posts)and emoji choice is fluid.
Whatever.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)1. One of the first questions they ask is: Was this landlines only? Implying that only senior citizens were polled.
2. The age groupings or lack thereof. This is a dubious objection when out of a half dozen recent polls only one didn't report results of under 50 respondents.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)So, I had a confused.
I get it now, but it wasn't obvious to me at the start, Sorry to step on the joke.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,187 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Nanjeanne
(4,915 posts)Perhaps it's because younger people simply don't answer phone calls without knowing who is calling and are less likely to respond to polls. But it's a huge factor in actually understanding the breakdown of the polls.
In this case, 65% of respondents were over 55. And 60% were white.
Whether it's Biden in big numbers in these polls - or if it were someone else - I just don't think we can read much into them . . . especially this early in the game. I'm pretty sure if the demographics were 65% under 55 - and/or 60% nonwhite - the results would be different. But since we don't see polls like that - we have no way of knowing.
It will be much more telling after initial primary results are in.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Sigh...
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Nanjeanne
(4,915 posts)Sanders or Harris or Buttegieg.
It's really so sad that no discussion of any kind is possible when defensive people take everything as an attack. How do you know Biden isn't my 2nd or 3rd choice? Why do you need to misconstrue in support of your candidate?
Is it any wonder that many people won't even bother posting in this forum? What a pity . . .
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
pnwmom
(108,959 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)and that they are less likely to answer polls? Those are big assumptions on your part
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Nanjeanne
(4,915 posts)is why more than 60% of the respondents were over 55. I gave the pollster the benefit of the doubt and hoped they were calling many younger people but they weren't answering the phone. The demographics of the respondents gave facts.
You either misunderstood the post or you truly just want to be offensive. I made no assumptions. Read the post.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)calling and are less likely to respond to polls"
I replies to exactly what you posted. It couldn't be more clear
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Nanjeanne
(4,915 posts)Know the reason the poll is so heavily weighted to older people. I was trying to come up with a possible explanation for such an older skewered sampling. It wasnt an assumption and certainly not one to have elicited such a strange and off putting response from you.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Tarheel_Dem
(31,222 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Nanjeanne
(4,915 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hav
(5,969 posts)I think the question is whether these numbers are representative of the expected voters for the Democratic primary in Florida. And from what I read in other tweets, it seems that at least concerning the age, these numbers aren't that far off.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Nanjeanne
(4,915 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Baclava
(12,047 posts)TALLAHASSEE In an early show of force, more than a third of Floridas Democratic state legislators endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in his bid for president.
https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2019/05/02/biden-wins-endorsement-of-florida-democrats-in-early-show-of-force-1005334
I approve
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SKKY
(11,794 posts)...this are kinda like the NCAA College Basketball poll between November and February. I'll pay attention after the first debate.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
R B Garr
(16,950 posts)Go Joe!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden