My personal opinion is Bloomberg will get the votes of 1.87 disgusted

[rzemanfl]

Republicans for every Bernie voter he loses. I would rather get rid of Drumpf without Republican votes, but we are in an existential crisis. Getting rid of the Orange one and the traitors in the Senate is what must be done.

Edited because of Schumer comparisons. K?

[mopinko]

1. yup.

have heard anecdotes. hope it blooms into data. which i am sure they are on top of.

[rzemanfl]

3. Mine is anecdotal too, but comes from actual disgusted Republican women. n/t

[delisen]

2. Very likely nt

[Hoyt]

4. Not a bad estimate, but who knows.

I think there is a big advantage to having Independents and moderate GOPers, assuming there is such a thing, on our side for getting things done if Democrats win.

[rzemanfl]

5. A lot of educated Republican women cannot stand Orange Julius Caesar. n/t

[Hoyt]

9. Hoping. Never understood how they voted for him before. Maybe they hoped

he’d rise to occasion. LOL

[rzemanfl]

11. The ones I know sat the last one out. n/t

[Cosmocat]

58. Decades of Republican slander against Hillary

Their long bet, as usual, paid off.

Hillary was a competent and decent public servant and a safe, moderate candidate - if this country was not stupid as shit the choice was not even close.

But, because of all the noise, all the bullshit, people just "felt" they did not like or trust her.

[Blue_true]

17. There are a lot of those in my neck of Florida. nt

[BlueIdaho]

27. Women of every demographic

Are rejecting trump. Sorry I don’t have the link - but according to recent polling, he is being roundly rejected by women.

Let’s not give anyone an excuse to reconsider Trump as a viable candidate.

[Cha]

6. The treasonous sociopathic assface Must GO.

[rzemanfl]

8. Yep. n/t

[Blue_true]

18. Tell us what you really think of Trump Cha. nt

[Cha]

21. All true..

[Blue_true]

23. Yep. Right on target. I would have called him a "puckered assface" myself. nt

[jcmaine72]

7. Don't bet on it.

[rzemanfl]

10. I always read profiles. n/t

[jcmaine72]

12. So did the NYPD under Bloomberg.

That's part of the problem.

[rzemanfl]

14. Whatever bro. n/t

[David__77]

42. May be a good point.

In any event I’ll vote for who I want to be president.

[Ace Rothstein]

13. Right. Sounds like what Schumer said in 2016.

We never picked up those suburban Republicans.

[Blue_true]

20. We didn't have a person like Bloomberg on the ticket. nt

[Ace Rothstein]

22. A Republican?

[Blue_true]

24. No, a business oriented democrat that don't scare the shit out of moderates and

moderate republicans (the business types who are queasy about Trump).

[Cosmocat]

59. Yes, we did

I am not debating the worth of Bloomberg one way or another, but Hillary was absolutely a "safe" business friendly candidate.

But only in America could the left see someone as a centrist sell out at the same time that the entirety of the right and a lot of the would be "middle" view the same candidate as a socialist.

In fact, Hillary was a decent, honorable, proven public servant with a clear track record of moderate business friendly policy accomplishments.

[Blue_true]

69. Hillary was done in by a 30 year hate campaign and by Sanders' failure to immediately

get behind her when it became clear that she was the nominee.

[Squinch]

66. No. A guy with a penis staking out the same territory Hillary did. This country still hates

women.

[Midwestern Democrat]

25. Agreed - the OP is in fantasy land. In 2016, Trump won the Republican vote 92% to 4% while Hillary

won the Democratic vote 94% to 5% (Trump won Independents/Third Party voters 43% to 42%). I don't think a nominee of either party has a chance in hell of winning the presidency if his share of his own party vote falls below 90%.

[uponit7771]

39. +1

[cherryinpa]

54. Yes

Lose your core and forget the rest. Biden is the only sure bet and way to get at least some moderate Republicans onboard while keeping the core Democratic vote. All these Bloomberg fans are just enamored with his billions while ignoring the big picture. Reality is that all the gold in the world won’t win a Republican billionaire the Presidency as a Democrat.

[Garrett78]

28. And it's not just Bernie supporters who won't vote for Bloomberg.

If you want to see record low turnout among POC and youth, while alienating white suburban women, then let Bloomberg buy the nomination. Bloomberg is a disaster. Come November, people would be so disgusted that we'd either see record low overall turnout or record high 3rd party voting, or both.

Bloomberg's history makes Clinton's "superpredators" comment seem like nothing.

[uponit7771]

40. +1, Yahoo/YouGov has MB with the lowest approval among PoC

[Garrett78]

45. And most people don't know diddly about him at this point.

By November, though, people would come to find out just how awful Bloomberg is.

He has a long history of bribing people to do what he wants, but we can only hope he isn't able to buy the nomination.

[uponit7771]

46. omfg, just found out Bloomberg doesn't like braids, Damn ... that's 2 family members of mine who'd

... never work for him.

Just damn, Bloomberg is starting to sound like a racist that slightly better than Trump.

[brush]

34. But we did in 2018 as many found out what a scumbag-traitor trump is.

[blm]

15. Hate to admit this, but, you're absolutely right.

I have a few country club Republicans in my family and I am near certain they will go with Bloomberg over Trump.

They are staunch Republicans, but, I rarely hear them bring up politics the last few years when they used to do so constantly.

That said. Go Liz!!!!!!!!!!

[Blue_true]

16. I tend to agree.

Hillary did better in my county than I expected her to given that she put no resources into the county or this part of Florida. I believe that Bloomberg can win our county, a large number of republicans here are chamber of commerce types that would be drawn to him. On a related note, in 2016 I saw lots of pro-Trump stickers on vehicles, even in January of that year. I see very few of them and I know some people that voted for him that regret that vote.

[DanTex]

19. That's the same ratio Schumer predicted we'd get in 2016

Didn’t work out.

[Callado119]

26. Yup, on the flip side, if sanders is the nominee...

We’ll lose 100 suburban voters for every bernie or buster we keep..

[redstatebluegirl]

68. Yep and lukewarm support from many Democrats who will vote for him but reluctantly.

[aeromanKC]

29. Every GOP vote flipped to Dem is a 2 net vote gain for the Dems!!

Bloomberg and Biden would get many more GOP flips to Dems than Sanders would get. (I have one in my own family who usually votes GOP but would vote for Biden or Bloomberg but not Sanders)

[judeling]

30. I totally disagree

Because it will not just be the Bernie people.

There will be a general depression of Democratic turnout. I know most people don't see it but Bloomberg's appeal is all anti-Trump that is fine as far as it goes. What people don't see is the Trump response to that. It will all be making Bloomberg part of the Swamp. It will all be about not trading Trump for one of the Dark Masters of Davos. It will be Trump battling against the Choice of the global elite.

It will be a devastating attack actually. Disgust with Trump is huge, but it is now familiar.

[redstateblues]

35. This election is a referendum on Trump

Bernie has a fired up base but I know some Dem leaning Indys that won’t vote for Bernie. My spouse is one. She hates Trump but she won’t vote for a Socialist. Not sure what she do. Hopefully one of our electables will win the nomination. I don’t think Bernie can win the GE

[uponit7771]

38. +1, Yahoo/YouGov has MB with the lowest approval among PoC

[MFGsunny]

67. From which page of the 62-page crosstabs did you find your info? n/t

[JoeOtterbein]

31. And how did you compute that math?

Because I don't think for a second there are that many "disgusted Republicans" for a second.

If that was true Trump would have been overwhelmingly impeached.

[redstateblues]

36. There's no connection. I know some disgusted Rs but it is not going to move Blackburn or Alexander

[evertonfc]

32. Sanders will get rolled in General

and cost us House seats. But if our party has become Democratic socialists- it will pay a price

[emmaverybo]

33. Too early to tell. He has had an advantage in coming late and being seen as the Dem answer to

Trump he may, as to electability, be or not. Dems here seem right now very willing to overlook incongruences with our stated stances on a range of issues that will prove either more or less concerning going forward. I expect we will get clarification after debates and appearances.

He is simply not yet vetted by the rigorous demands campaigns place on a candidate which include fielding competitor’s challenges, bad and good news cycles, tests of temperament, fickle public,
bad food, exhaustion...

I don’t see a basis to call it for or against him at this stage in terms of how voters will behave and his ultimate electability vs. those in the race much longer. Yes, he has more money than practically God and his anti-Trump ads have been met with great approval from many Dem voters.

One can make just about any assertion about his viability at this point.

[uponit7771]

37. What about PoC concerned about MB's openly antagonism against PoC and Muslims? Where are the

... votes to replace them?

[ibegurpard]

41. Im not going to get into the argument

About who ends up drawing more people to the Democratic side. But what evidence have you seen over the past 4 years that Republicans are abandoning Trump?

[CalFione]

44. The 2018 midterms

The number of people registered as Republican has shrunk by a large amount since 2016.

So while Trump still has the support of 85-90% of Republicans.... the number of Republicans has shrunk massively.

[rzemanfl]

50. Thank you. n/t

[CalFione]

43. 1.87 is an oddly specific number.

Not that I disagree with the general gist.

[rzemanfl]

51. It was originally 2. I explained the edit.

Folks were comparing it to what Schumer said.

[DarthDem]

47. I'd Like to Hear Bloomberg's Position on SCOTUS Nominees

What sort of Supreme Court justices would he appoint?

[rzemanfl]

52. For one thing, they don't dox people. n/t

[rzemanfl]

56. You've been up since at least 4:15 a.m.

Making your points. I haven’t that sort of energy. I am going to have some coffee. Enjoy your day.

[blm]

62. I see swings more as casual, less aware voters. BorBs claim to be more keyed in.

So, if you claim to be an informed and focused voter, how on earth could you risk 4 more years of Trump by withholding your vote?

[Devil Child]

49. I don't share your optimism or opinion.

My opinion is Bloomberg will energize voter turnout without a doubt. As in republican voter turnout in opposition to him. You underestimate the republican base’s opposition to Bloomberg.

[rzemanfl]

53. Disgusted Republicans are not the base. n/t

[FBaggins]

57. Wishful thinking... not a chance... one word

Judges.

Period... end of sentence.

[rzemanfl]

61. Time will tell. n/t

[FBaggins]

63. Not really. The math is pretty straightforward

There are many more Bernie supporters than republicans who are disgusted with this guy.

The real question is how many people in the middle were holding their noses to vote for him because they didn’t like Hillary... and how many of those will find Bloomberg more palatable (compared to the millions on the left that he will almost certainly lose).

But the ones on the right who were disgusted with him four years ago? They’ve gotten almost everything they want. They’re hooked at this point.

[Steelrolled]

60. I agree wholeheartedly

Mike will do OK among Democrats.
Mike will clean up among the independents.
Mike will do well among moderate Republicans.

Bottom line is victory - it will not be close.

I like Mike.

[riversedge]

64. Getting rid of Trump and his sidekick #BillBarr is number one priority...

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Squinch]

65. We have only one job in this election. Save the Democracy and the Rule of Law.

Without those, all these things we debate turn to dust.

Bloomberg is the one most likely able to do that because he's the only one who understands how to run a race against Filthy Donnie and a race in post Citizens United America.