Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumMORE VOTERS BELIEVE BERNIE SANDERS IS THE MOST HONEST CANDIDATE OF ALL DEMOCRATIC CONTENDERS
https://www.newsweek.com/more-voters-believe-bernie-sanders-most-honest-candidate-all-democratic-contenders-poll-finds-1484626
More voters believe that Senator Bernie Sanders is the most honest Democratic presidential contender of all other candidates, according to a new poll.
The latest survey data from Quinnipiac University showed that 26 percent of respondents chose Sanders as the most honest candidate, while Joe Biden was the second-most trusted contender, with 17 percent choosing the former vice president.
Senator Elizabeth Warren came in third, with 14 percent saying she was the most honest, while former Mayor Pete Buttigieg trailed at just 6 percent followed by Senator Amy Klobuchar at 5 percent.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
doc03
(35,143 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Like his candidate I suppose!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)He's like a foghorn. I find it endearing.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
doc03
(35,143 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PatSeg
(46,773 posts)but its getting really old now. Angry yelling can be used occasionally for effect, but all the time is exhausting and irritating. I used to really like Bernie back when I heard him occasionally on the radio or TV. I'm on Bernie overload now and can't listen to the constant anger all the time.
The problem with yelling all the time is people stop hearing what you are saying because they are focused on the yelling. I often have to hit mute or fast-forward when he is on.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)Others may not appreciate it. I actually don't really notice the yelling anymore unless someone points it out.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
PatSeg
(46,773 posts)I'll never get used to it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TexasTowelie
(111,279 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TwilightZone
(25,342 posts)It makes a lot more sense now.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)If you copy and paste an article from Newsweek it will be in CAPS. Take it up with Newsweek.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TwilightZone
(25,342 posts)It takes about five seconds.
Example: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/change-case/lpakoahdokkkonadfppfgmednkknpgbm?hl=en
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
evertonfc
(1,713 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Callado119
(171 posts)..lying about his medical records, the Warren conversation and many many many other things
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TexasTowelie
(111,279 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SergeStorms
(18,880 posts)Americans will not elect a self-described socialist who's going to make them give up healthcare for which they've fought for decades. Ain't gonna' happen. The Bernie Bros can shout, scream, and threaten all they want, but unless they're planning on holding a gun to everyone's head he isn't electable. Most Democrats will hold their noses and vote for him, but they'll lose almost all independents and Union members. That spells four more years of Tangerine Idi Amin, and that's intolerable.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,110 posts)Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Yavin4
(35,354 posts)He is who he is. He's not pretending. You know where he stands. You're not going to shake his supporters.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)But of course every promise might be a dream, does that stop people from wanting better?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)When negotiating, you don't start out where you hope to end up.
And millions of young people especially are starving for a reason to believe there's hope for the future. Let's inspire an army of Greta Thunbergs. Everything is impossible until it isn't.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
AleksS
(1,665 posts)People trust people who tell them what they want to hear.
So of course they trust BS. They really want what he says to be true.
Its the same reason why, on the GOP side, Trumpers believe that the Mango Mussolini is honest, even in the face of 15,000+ lies now.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
doc03
(35,143 posts)passed and he doesn't know how to pay for.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Promising free 4 year college that will never come to pass. There is already free community college is many states
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
More_Cowbell
(2,190 posts)I'm hoping that we don't end up with another person who is seen as the only person telling things straight. Though of course I'll vote for him if he is the Democratic candidate.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)"...at 31 percent compared with Sanders at just 18 percent. Biden was also widely seen as the best candidate to defeat President Donald Trump in the general election, with 44 percent choosing the former vice president and only 19 percent pointing to Sanders." https://www.newsweek.com/more-voters-believe-bernie-sanders-most-honest-candidate-all-democratic-contenders-poll-finds-1484626
Oops.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
msongs
(67,193 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dware
(12,092 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
world wide wally
(21,718 posts)"3% of the 1% control 80% of the total percentage..."
Don't get me wrong. I do like Bernie but I don't see him winning a general election.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)and still be so-called honest. Unbelievable.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NNadir
(33,368 posts)What is popular in a small possibly unrepresentative sample has nothing to do with what is true.
If everyone agreed that Bernie Sanders was not a tired old man from a generation of people who destroyed the environment, voted in Ronald Reagan, and two George Bushes, this would not mean that Bernie Sanders was not a tired old man from a generation that voted in Ronald Reagan and two George Bushes, and...Donald Trump.
The name of the logical fallacy is Appeal to Popularity
This is a common fallacy used in advertising: If it is the case that "more people drink Coca-Cola than drink orange juice" does not imply that Coca-Cola is a superior nutritional beverage than orange juice.
Trying to convince someone that something is right because it is popular is weak thinking.
We have many candidates in the Democratic Party who would represent far better Presidents than Bernie Sanders, all of them in fact.
We don't need yet another ideologue with ideas that have remained inflexible for half a century. We already have one; and he is the only President ever to have been worse than James Buchanan in the office.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
thesquanderer
(11,953 posts)because saying you think candidate X is most honest doesn't tell us whether you find none, one, some, or all of the other candidates to be honest as well, which affects how significant this would be.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden