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

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

1. I will wait

Thanks

[James48]

2. I'm with BERNIE!

Yes, it's ok to say that!

[blm]

3. Ryan Cooper should have a talk with Kurt Eichenwald.

Kurt saw the Trump campaign research on Sanders in 2016, and the 2ft high stack has some tough bits that I only just heard about yesterday.

And I was one who was always willing to support him if I felt he could win in the general, especially since I really don’t like Buttigieg much the last few months. Now I don’t believe either one of them can prevail in the general.

[Demsrule86]

7. I agree. Lets see what happens. Two small states have voted.

[JudyM]

12. People post about this a lot here and there may actually be no there there.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. lol @ 2 foot high stack.

I mean seriously.

[TexasTowelie]

4. No thanks. nt

[comradebillyboy]

5. I'd rather not.

[Demsrule86]

6. Sorry no, he had two weak almost wins when you look at it

and won't win a general. He gets my vote in a general but I think we lose badly.

[jcmaine72]

8. It's more than okay, fellow Democrats.

It's the best present you could ever give to your fellow Americans, especially the downtrodden and economically disadvantaged.

[democratisphere]

9. NO. It is NOT OK.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. No thanks

He needs to become a Democrat full time. Not every four years.

[intheflow]

11. Wait, I need to edit a line of this blockquote:

"It can be hard to see this if you ̶w̶a̶t̶c̶h̶ read too much of the hysterically anti-Sanders coverage on supposedly-liberal ̶M̶S̶N̶B̶C̶ Democratic Underground..."

[Turin_C3PO]

14. My problem

with Sanders is who he chooses as surrogates and a worry that the opposition will destroy him with communist claims. I acknowledge he’s doing good in the polls and if he wins the nomination he’ll have my full support. I’ll work for him and donate. I’m just skeptical of his chances.