2020 Democracy for America Poll: Sanders wins across the board, Warren also does very well.

[HerbChestnut]

Harris comes in 3rd. Top issues were typically Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and Impeaching Trump. Polls were taken in early primary states and can be viewed individually or as a national result.

https://poll.democracyforamerica.com/results?show=candidates

Edit: Should add this is a poll of DFA members, not a scientific poll.

[katmondoo]

1. Bernie hasn't been a factor for 30 years, why is he now?

[highplainsdem]

3. Hasn't been a factor for 30 years?

I'm no Sanders supporter, and I really hope he won't be our nominee, though I'll vote for him if I have to.

But he had a lot of support in 2016, and still has much of that support.

[SouthernProgressive]

5. "and still has much of that support."

Lots of ambiguity in that statement. One thing that shocked me is how much of his support has evaporated since. 16. And overwhelming majority of it. By "much" you mean far less than half of his last go around.

[highplainsdem]

8. I said "much," not "most." Sanders seems to have a bit less than half the support

he had last time when polled against other Democratic candidates. But I'm also considering that he usually comes in second to Biden when pollsters are doing head-to-head matchups against Trump, with the other candidates usually trailing those two.

Even polling in the high teens is impressive in a field of more than two dozen candidates.

Biden does better, of course, but he's the front-runner.

[qazplm135]

7. he had low 40s support in 2016

he's in the teens now...so no, he does not in fact have much of that support.

[HerbChestnut]

4. Because the economic and political situation in the country has brought people around to his ideas.

And Warren's too. 10-15 years ago neither would be considered a top tier candidate, but times have changed.

[Nuggets]

27. His ideas aren't even his.

Sanders isn’t going to win.





I don’t trust and will not vote for any candidate whom I cannot discuss all of their political history including

Buttigieg’s non action to remedy the racism on South Bend’s police force

or Gillibrand’s history against immigrants and love of guns until her abrupt 180. Or her leadership of railroading Franken.

Just like hard core conservative Warren who suddenly saw the light and became a staunch Progressive overnight. Warren has questionable actions like saying that the DNC rigged the election against Bernie and misleading people about the TPP.


Or Sanders’ campaign donations including questionable 2016 donations .



I don’t trust any candidate who just suddenly gets spotlighted for no particular reason
Americans are being played
A real life wag the dog.


I wonder how many moles have been elected as Dems? We know Donna Brazile is a total fraud. Who else is being touted as a good Democrat?

[BeyondGeography]

6. Warren has repeatedly praised Bernie and sees his 2016 campaign as transformational

Which it was.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread HerbChestnut.

[Hortensis]

9. LOL, DFA? The people who hoped Democrat candidates

who'd beaten their far-left competitors would lose the seats to the Republicans? Yes, I know they didn't all actually do a Full Sarandon, but how many left DFA in disgust because of what they were part of? None? "DFA" depression was all over their posts here too when Democrats won those special elections before the midterms.

[George II]

10. Who is "Democracy for America" again? Right, that's essentially BS' "house" PAC....

....so the organization that works for him polled all of their members and BS comes out on top!

What a surprise.

[still_one]

12. ya beat me to it George

[silentEcho]

14. Lol. Thanks. I was hoping for information on this poll.

[corbettkroehler]

18. Last I Checked, Neither Howard Dean Nor His Brother Tilted One Way Or The Other

To refer to DFA as Bernie's house PAC is inaccurate at best.

[George II]

19. Howard Dean, it's founder, hasn't been involved with operation of DFA since 2007. He was....

...an "advisor" until about three years ago. It's been essentially a BS PAC since then.

I got dozens of emails from Sanders and his surrogates years ago using the "democracyforamerica.com" domain. They're headquartered a few miles from BS' main house.

[still_one]

22. Exactly

[corbettkroehler]

30. "Democratic Wing Of The Democratic Party"

The original mission remains. The reason it SEEMED as if DFA were in the tank for Sanders is on account of its avowed goals to push the Progressive agenda, which its members felt had been underserved during the 2016 primary and general.

In other words, in the 2016 presidential cycle, members felt that they needed to continue to align themselves with Sanders because his voice was the loudest. His success in adjusting many aspect of the party platform in the aftermath of the 2016 election is proof of their wisdom and success.

Besides, if DFA truly were in the tank for Sanders, why hold MULTIPLE grassroots polls in 2019 to investigate candidate preference? It just as easily could have endorsed Sanders as soon as he announced and been done with it.

[lapucelle]

28. In 2016, Dr. Dean cut ties with DFA.

After deciding to forgo another run for DNC chair, Dr. Dean co-founded Onward Together with Hillary Clinton. He has no current affiliation with the group.

https://democracyforamerica.com/site/staff

[brooklynite]

29. No, it was Howard Dean's PAC...

formed after his Presidential run and was run by his brother for many years.

[George II]

39. Howard Dean quit the PAC in 2007, and stopped being an "adviser" in 2016. Can't find it now....

....but part of that was because they endorsed BS in lieu of Hillary Clinton.

[sheshe2]

40. +1000

[still_one]

11. From the group that endorsed Sanders for president in 2016. Color me surprised

[George II]

13. +1,000,000

[silentEcho]

15. Good to know. Thanks.

[Doitnow]

16. It seems to me Bernie is the better candidate because----

For the primary, because he is aligned with most Americans concerning issues facing this country and...

For the general because the difference between Bernie and Biden can beat tRump is minuscule.

[Gothmog]

34. If sanders is the nominee, trump will win 45+ states in the real world

[corbettkroehler]

17. My, Oh My, Sanders' Support Sure Has Waned

To those who maintain that Sanders' support has tanked, I ask: what further evidence would cause you to reconsider your position?

[George II]

20. It's earth shattering that the organization that endorsed BS asks only THEIR members....

....to participate in their poll and BS comes out on top.

What's truly earth shattering is that only about 1/3 of them chose BS. That's sad.

[corbettkroehler]

21. Neither Sad Or Surprising - Quintuple The Quantity Of Candidates This Time, Or More (n/t)

[George II]

23. But 100% of those polled belong to the group that has been pushing BS for 3 years.

[corbettkroehler]

31. Which Is Why That Poll Proves 1 Point And 1 Point Alone - His Support Hasn't Waned (n/t)

[George II]

32. His support has waned. Only 1/3 of the members of an organization that supports him chose him.

[corbettkroehler]

38. Quintuple The Candiates And He Still Came Out Way Ahead - My Math Differs From Yours (n/t)

[Control-Z]

24. Your headline is a bit, um,

misleadingly sensational sounding, isn't it?

[HerbChestnut]

26. Sanders won in every state, usually by wide margins. Warren came in 2nd.

Not really misleading...

[brooklynite]

33. Can't imagine why a progressive PAC didn't show a lot of support for Joe Biden...

...who's outpolling Sanders nationwide.

[bluewater]

42. But Biden claims He Is Most Progressive Candidate Running...

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/3/17/1842819/-Biden-claims-He-Is-Most-Progressive-Candidate-Running-Spoiler-He-s-Not-Even-Close

[Vegas Roller]

25. In other news

A poll of foxes on dinner choices was overwhelmingly won by chickens with lambs doing well as well. Lettuce, tomatoes and corn-on-the-cob were in single digits.

[Tarheel_Dem]

35. "Should add this is a poll of DFA members, not a scientific poll."

That says it all. It's a worthless poll.

[HerbChestnut]

36. Thanks for the input, TD.

It's a measure of support within a prominent progressive Democratic organization. Organizations like DFA will start endorsing candidates at some point so it's nice to see where they are in terms of candidate support.

[Tarheel_Dem]

41. And a DFA endorsement is worth about as much as DFA poll, IRL.

[Gothmog]

37. I remain hopeful that sanders will fail to reach the 300 delegate threshold

I was a delegate to the Philadelphia convention and saw how the process works. One key item is that under the rules, a candidate cannot be put into nomination without 300 delegates. https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2020-Call-for-Convention-WITH-Attachments-2.26.19.pdf

Nomination of the Democratic Candidate for President: The Permanent Chair shall receive nominations from the floor for the Democratic candidate for the Office of President of the United
States in the following manner:

a. Requests to nominate a presidential candidate shall be in writing and shall have affixed thereto the written approval of the proposed nominee and the name of the individuals who shall be recognized to make the nominating and seconding speeches on behalf of a presidential candidate and shall be delivered to the Convention Secretary at a location as specified by the Secretary no later than 6:00 p.m. of the day preceding the day designated for the commencement of presidential nominations.

b. Each such request must be accompanied by a petition indicating support for the proposed nominee signed by delegates representing not less than 300 or more than 600 delegate votes, not more than 50 of which may come from one (1) delegation. A delegate may not sign more than one (1) nominating petition for president and for vice president. Pledged and automatic delegates may sign the petition.

If sanders is frozen out of enough states due to the 15% rule and remaining non-Biden delegates are split among several candidates, there is a chance that sanders may not reach 300 threshold

[bluewater]

43. Interesting Info!

That's fascinating, I didn't realize there was a 300 delegate rule.

Seems to make a lot of sense having it, and it's a very low bar for a candidate to meet since there are 4,763 pledged delegate slots.

[Gothmog]

44. I was a Clinton delegate to the National convention

I read the rules and I signed the Clinton petition.

The 15% rule will come into play and I have hope that sanders will be held under 300 delegates.

[bluewater]

45. That's very cool, being a delegate.

[MineralMan]

46. Yabbut, DFA members are not representative of Democrats overall.

Not even close. So, this poll doesn't really tell us very much. How many DFA members are there, anyhow? The organization says 1 million. How many voted in this poll out of that 1 million? DFA doesn't say, so we don't know.

This poll is essentially meaningless, except to DFA members.