If Biden or Bloomberg win the nomination we'll lose a lot of support as well.

[tecelote]

Bernie's supporters are passionate. Everyone should vote blue no matter who. But, unfortunately, more people may not vote for Biden or Bloomberg than won't vote for Bernie.

We need change urgently. Most people know it even if they don't understand it.

That's why Bernie and Trump are so popular. Change.

I would love to see Warren because I think she will get more done but I'm fine with Bernie.

We need a hard left turn.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Pure speculation

Bernie and Trump are popular? One is, one is not, have you noticed?

Hard left turn will lose the election.

More people may not vote for Bernie unless he makes his finances and medical records public, makes his programs sane and able to be paid for.

More people may vote for Bloomberg or Biden because they are fiscally responsible. In addition Biden is transparent about his tax records.

[tecelote]

3. So far, reality is proving this wrong.

More people are for Bernie.

[Sherman A1]

8. That would seem to be the case

Time will tell, but I suspect that part of the loss of HRC in 2016 was the image of the status quo.

[denem]

14. If Bloomberg is nominee, it is not pure speculation that berners would bolt,

no matter what Sanders might say. After preaching against the "billionaire class" up hill and down dale, how could Bernie credibly back a Wall Street billionaire from central casting?

[katmondoo]

12. I am less and less for Bernie as time goes on.

[Bettie]

15. That is speculation as well

We would all like to know the answer, to be utterly sure that this or that will happen.

The fact is, we can't see into the future. NONE of us can.

I'm going with let the process play out...only 3 states have voted. We're not even a quarter of the way in.

But after that, I beg you to vote for your candidate and then, when it is done and we've got a nominee, work for that person as if they were your first choice, because any of our candidates is better than what we have roosting in the White House now.

Can you force people not to vote for Sanders?

Can you force people to vote FOR your chosen candidate? If you know of a way to do that, please share because my preferred candidate is awesome!

The process is ongoing. All but one of the candidates will lose, that is how it works. That is how it was designed to work.

And remember this: If we vote, we win. Getting out the vote is much more important than anything else.

If we vote, we win.

[Act_of_Reparation]

31. Got much critical self-reflection?

[evertonfc]

2. Good points

I think Biden would win and be fantastic for down ballot races in middle America..Bernie or Bloomberg are wild cards but both could win. I dont think we will see many people sit out in 2020. A lot of Bernie support are probably non party and would be interesting to see what they would do.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. Change is what Bernie is all about!! We The People have been waitin DECADES

for an aggressive progressive like Bernie to arrive... we finally have our CHAMPION!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[still_one]

5. Any Democrat who does not vote for the Democratic nominee regardless who it is, will be

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responsible if trump wins, and we lose the Supreme Court

I would use a few other words toward those who would not vote for the Democratic nominee, but I will refrain

What does comfortable mean for example

[tecelote]

6. Agreed!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

38. I'm with you!! Sing it!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[still_one]

46. absolutely. If Sanders is the nominee I will vote for him without hesitation in the general

election

[mysteryowl]

7. Yes. Yes, you are correct.

I have many friends that have vowed to either not to vote at all or to vote 3rd party. They are firm on their belief to walk away if the dems are seen as taking the nomination away from Bernie, that is if he wins it through this primary process.

That is not speculation, that is what people tell me.

[apcalc]

13. Here we go again for chrissakes.

[mysteryowl]

17. You can disregard the truth, but it won't help our party.

[apcalc]

18. SOS

[mysteryowl]

20. Here is the division. I post a truth I know personally and you throw it away

because you don't want it to be so.
Why do that?

[apcalc]

45. It has nothing to dO with YOU.

I could post my truth , which is altogether different from yours, and start it up again.

But why, what good would it do?

At this point I am sick of this back and forth.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

47. That's for sure... weve got to be smart about this!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[COLGATE4]

40. Yep. 2016 redux.

[TwilightZone]

25. What your friends say is only relevant to that small group of people.

We consistently make the mistake that our own personal sphere (or DU, for that matter) is indicative of something outside of that very limited scope. It's simply not.

[Mr.Bill]

9. I've never made a vote based on threats. n/t

[redqueen]

10. I'm sure all of Sanders' and Warrens' supporters feel exactly the same way. nt

[Mr.Bill]

11. I've never heard a Biden supporter saying they will stay home

or vote third party if their candidate doesn't get the win. Sanders has people running his staff who did just that.

[redqueen]

16. That's not what this OP is saying either.

[mzmolly]

22. Yet others are to believe these folks are

‘progressive?’

[Magoo48]

19. Agreed, and, these two candidates

have little or nothing new to offer voters on the globe’s number one issue—Climate Catastrophe. Although comparatively rarely discussed, Climate Catastrophe is crashing its way into all other concerns. It is the challenge whose lens all other problems will eventually be examined. If not, we’re deep shit.

[tecelote]

29. I just posted about that

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287571864

[Magoo48]

41. Sorry I missed it.

[mzmolly]

21. We need to win and save our democracy.

Anyone who sits this election out, at the expense of others (blaming various ‘establishments’) is not a progressive.

Trump is in charge of a nuclear arsenal, he’s tried to start a Middle East war, he’s kidnapped and caged children, he thinks he is above the law, he’s firing anyone who attempts to hold him accountable, he’s appointing dangerous Judges to the SCOTUS and lower courts, he’s dismantling environmental protections, he’s poised to gut social progress and humanitarian programs ... but some will assert Bernie and Warren are the only options?

I’ll settle for a sane person who can win.

Susan Sarandon may be insulated from Trump’s America, but the earth is not, and neither are most of its inhabitants.

[CousinIT]

24. +1 - thank you. n/t

[tecelote]

27. Absolutely agree.

Some will assert Bernie and Warren are the only options.
Some will assert Biden and Bloomberg are the only options

We all have to vote to remove Trump.

[mzmolly]

44. Indeed.

The question is who is best equipped to do that, in the swing states? And, how is Bernie being helped by Russia? What impact (if any) has Russia had on the states that have held primaries thus far?

[CousinIT]

23. Yea we need a hard left turn. Do we need it NOW?

Do we need it at the expense of losing our Democratic Republic forever at the hands of a Trump 2nd term?

Beating Trump and making a hard left turn do not have to be done all at once. Insisting on combining the two RIGHT NOW is disastrous IMO. Not to mention short-sighted and a bit childish.

VOTE. FOR. THE. NOMINEE. whoever it is. YES. Even Bloomberg or Sanders. GROW UP AND VOTE for the nominee. Period. We can do "hard left turn" AFTER we save our Republic from the clutches of Russia and Trump.

[tecelote]

26. Vote blue no matter who!

No argument there.

[democratisphere]

28. Hard left will equal loss.

Obama has warned US of the dangers of hard left. Get smart. Time is running out to get this right!

[uponit7771]

30. Sanders has no historical swing state appeal outside of MOE, Biden has the most out of

... all the candidtes

[uponit7771]

32. Of course but not as large as Sanders

[tecelote]

33. In your opinion.

[katmondoo]

34. Is anyone running for President except Bernie. It's Bernie, morning noon and night here.

We have so many great, and smart candidates where are they. People who have worked for years to make this a better country. Putin isn't supporting them only Bernie and Bernie hid that from us.

[Happy Hoosier]

35. Yeah, that's nice.... so how does that change happen?

Right now I see plans that won;t get passed and can;t be paid for. So what happens when voters find out Sanders can't deliver the snake oil?

[tecelote]

39. That's why I'm for Warren

I think she'll get more done. But, I'm fine with Bernie.

[Happy Hoosier]

42. Obviously, I support Liz.

I think Bernie will be a disaster, however.

And I've never wished I was wrong more.

[Squinch]

36. The 2018 results say different.

[samnsara]

37. then they are not democrats and should just go put on their maga hats now

[tecelote]

43. Agreed!

A non-vote is a vote for Trump no matter who you support today.