Those who say 75 % are against Sanders forget Obama 2008

[Bumperstickers]

Iowa. Caucus 2008

Obama 37
Clinton 29
Edwards 29

58% were against Obama

New Hampshire primary

Clinton 39
Obama 36
Edward's 17

56% were against Obama

2008 Nevada caucus

Clinton 50
Obama 45

Big change after edwards dropped out.

This just shows that no matter who is the candidate in a larger field then two, the percentages will be way down.

[George II]

1. Totally different mix of candidates, and none of them were in their respective campaigns....

...four years earlier (i.e., 2004) or lost half their 2004 support in 2008.

None went from 60% one year down to 25% four years later or 150,000 votes one year down to 75,000 four years later.

[Bumperstickers]

2. Ok, leta see if your theory holds up as candidates drop out.

I think it will not, but we shall see.

[Me.]

3. Besides, None Of Them Were Hiding Their Medical Reports

[Horizens]

4. Uh ...

56% is appreciably less that 75%.

Obama needed to turn 7% to attain a majority for him.
sanders needs to turn 26% to attain a majority for him.

And sanders has been running for 5 years. At this point Obama (still relatively unknown) had been runnig for 1 year.

[Bumperstickers]

5. 3 candidates split the vote in 08 compared to 7 now

According these theories going around Sanders should still have 75% against him as the field gets smaller. I disagree with that theory since multiple polls have Biden and Warren voters naming Sanders as their second choice.

[CalFione]

6. Neither Hillary nor Obama had run four years earlier and had a base of support to start

Obama's was a GROWING movement, not a shrinking one (like Edwards in 2008 and Bernie in 2020).

[ehrnst]

8. +10000

[HerbChestnut]

7. They don't forget.

They're just trying to spin any possible thing to make Bernie look bad.