Hey Democrats, it's okay to vote for Bernie Sanders

[Autumn]

Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday — with 90 percent of precincts counted, he had 26 percent of the vote, and networks declared him the victor. Sanders has won the popular vote in each of the first two contests in the Democratic primary and now has a lead in national polls. He is unquestionably the frontrunner for the nomination.

The win in New Hampshire, however, wasn't as big as many polls had predicted. Sen. Amy Klobuchar in particular drastically beat expectations, coming in at nearly 20 percent against a pre-election polling average of about 11 percent, while Pete Buttigieg also gained a couple points to 24 percent. Meanwhile, former Vice President Joe Biden got absolutely destroyed, just like in Iowa. He came in fifth with just 9 percent, compared to a polling average of 11 percent — and a total collapse from 23 percent just a month ago. It appears there is a significant population of voters who are just looking for any kind of moderate candidate who seems halfway plausible.

But the odd thing here is that a big number of these voters are almost certainly fine with Sanders — they have just talked themselves into thinking that he can't possibly win. Hey Democrats! You can just vote for Bernie Sanders if you want. It'll be okay.

It can be hard to see this if you watch too much of the hysterically anti-Sanders coverage on supposedly-liberal MSNBC — Chris Matthews recently spoke of his fear that Sanders is a secret communist who might execute him in Central Park — but the fact is most rank-and-file Democrats like Sanders just fine. Indeed, the Morning Consult poll found that his favorability rating among that group is 74 percent — the highest of any of the candidates, even better than Biden

https://theweek.com/articles/895378/hey-democrats-okay-vote-bernie-sanders?fbclid=IwAR3ENdC77LnxpLbqtPxom6RFg6JOArInbcpwnqaEGSYUnqQujpfhGH41_WA

[Zolorp]

1. Not in my opinion.

It's not okay for me to vote for the guy in a primary. I consider that suicidal.

[dubyadiprecession]

2. Thanks, but no thanks.

[TexasTowelie]

7. +1

[Butterflylady]

3. Yeah, if you want to lose the GE

[TexasTowelie]

8. +1

[Nanjeanne]

4. We are so lucky the real world isn't DU.

[comradebillyboy]

5. I'll take a hard pass on Sanders.

[Still In Wisconsin]

6. Sure it is, in the same way as it's OK to vote for any of the actual Democrats.

I'm not voting for Sanders, though, because if he's the nominee Trump will carry the entire rust belt, Florida, and Arizona.

[Iamaartist]

9. No way..

Hubby and I voted for Joe already.. Michigan....