Buttigieg is SURGING in New Hampshire! On Feb 4 he was at 13.9%, now at 20.7% according to 538.

[George II]

[Tom Rinaldo]

1. SurgING or SurgED?

I guess we will know the answer to that soon.

[ehrnst]

5. You mean like the dozens of posts proclaiming that Sanders is "surging?"

[Demsrule86]

7. +100000

[Tom Rinaldo]

12. It's the same question for Sanders. I wrote about this in an OP on Saturday

"...2) Has the Sanders surge stalled?...

3) Does Buttigieg stay on a roll?..."

Here is the link
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287490607

[Tom Rinaldo]

15. Unlike the responses made on DU to many of those posts about Sanders

I am not in denial over whether or not Buttigieg surged. He did. So did Sanders. Once upon a time so did Harris and Warren. It is always an open question if and when a surge stalls out.

[Prendy]

19. Sanders seems to have lost more than half of NH Democrats since 2016

While many posters here talk of Sander’s supposed “surging“ in New Hampshire to the upper 20% in the 2020 polls, this represents a sharp decline from the more than 60% of NH Democrats that voted for him in the 2016 primary election. Don’t we need to ask ourselves how many more 2016 Bernie supporters will abandon him in the 2020 primaries and general election to come?

[Tom Rinaldo]

23. I am familiar with that argument but don't consider it valid. We can agree to disagree if you want

I think what you point to is better explained as follows:

One day a guy walks into an ice cream shoppe and asks; "what flavors do have for sale"? The clerk responds, "Chocolate, Vanilla, and Burnt Pickle" So the guy buys a chocolate cone and asks, "What are other people buying?" The clerk responds "Very few people are buying Burnt Pickle, and it's pretty much half and half between Vanilla and Chocolate for the rest".

A month later that same guy walks into the same ice cream shoppe and asks, "What flavors do you have for sale this time?" The clerk responds "We have a lot more choices this time. We still have Chocolate and Vanilla, but also Espresso, and Strawberry. and Mint Chocolate Chip, and Butter Pecan, and Rocky Road, and also Bitter Mushroom." "That is a lot more choices" the customer says, "but I think I'll have Chocolate again." He then adds, "I'm curious though about what other people are buying". The clerk responds "Well, Chocolate and Vanilla are still far and away our best sellers, probably half or more of our customers are choosing one of those. It's pretty much neck and neck between Chocolate and Vanilla, with the rest of our customers selecting one of the other flavors that we now have available as their first choice."

"Gee that's too bad" says the guy, "Chocolate is only half as popular now as it was the last time that I shopped here."

[Celerity]

2. wooot woot, go Pete!

[George II]

4. That looks like Central Park!

[Celerity]

9. it is, it is from the Desus & Mero Show in NYC

https://www.sho.com/desus-and-mero/season/1/episode/19/platinum-dad-joke#/closed

[George II]

13. For more than five years I spent just about every weekend from April to October....

...in Central Park. I could probably recognize TREES in the park!! The worst thing about moving out of Manhattan was giving up access to Central Park.

[SummerSnow]

3. Wow, but can he beat Trump?

[Demsrule86]

6. No ...no experience and 0% of AA vote.

[HeartlandProgressive]

8. Voting is tomorrow

[Quackers]

11. Holy shit, you're right! I lost track of my days. nt

[Cha]

10. GO PETE!

[ehrnst]

16. Was Sanders' reception at the She the People forum a "false media narrative?"

[ehrnst]

18. You are not addressing the actual thing Nina said to that crowd...

Why? Is it awkward?

Still not seeing what any of that, which happened many months ago, has to do with Pete's media bump today.

It has everything to do with your claim about Sanders' not appealing to POC is a "false media narrative."

Is that clearer?

You're welcome.

Speaking of 'aggressive,' your posts are not the definition of respectful discourse.

[George II]

21. Poll results aren't "media narratives", true or false.

[BlueIdaho]

20. Still waiting for Super Tuesday...

So far we have a botched caucus and we’re about to hear from another state with quirky demographics. All credit to Pete - but I want to see more...

[Tarc]

24. I turned away a Buttigieg canvasser on Sunday

"I'm 50-50 on voting for Liz or Bernie on Tuesday, I have no consideration for someone who is essentially a younger Joe Biden", and that was that.