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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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Holy crap! Look at what's happened to the betting odds! (Original Post) AGeddy Mar 2020 OP
What an incredible week Joe is having! PatSeg Mar 2020 #1
gee. barbtries Mar 2020 #2
I gave up on betting odds Chainfire Mar 2020 #3
Does anyone actually believe Trump should have been the favorite? Awsi Dooger Mar 2020 #6
I think regular people, Democrats, were jolted awake. Terrified Maru Kitteh Mar 2020 #4
Boo yah. The power of Democrats. LizBeth Mar 2020 #5
 

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
1. What an incredible week Joe is having!
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 04:41 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

barbtries

(31,308 posts)
2. gee.
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 04:48 PM
Mar 2020

i guess those small state votes were not reliable indicators of how the rest of the country would vote.

why don't we have a national primary day?! this is so fucked up. even voting tomorrow i feel as if my decision has already been dictated to me.

but I'm voting for #Warren2020, with my heart and my conviction that she is the best person for the job.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
3. I gave up on betting odds
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 04:48 PM
Mar 2020

Vegas was betting on Hillary Clinton until the votes started being counted. I know, I thought that was a better prediction than the polls and it made a fool of me.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
6. Does anyone actually believe Trump should have been the favorite?
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 07:00 PM
Mar 2020

There are upsets in politics too, you know. That would be widely known if we had elections every weekend instead of one day every two years.

Hillary was a mild favorite in the 60-70% range. I emphasized it was the equivalent of a 4.5 point favorite in a football game. They lose all the time.

Somehow anything above 50 was viewed as a certainty.

Minus James Comey, Hillary would have been upwards of 75-80. That is an entirely different threshold of probability.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Maru Kitteh

(31,761 posts)
4. I think regular people, Democrats, were jolted awake. Terrified
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 04:50 PM
Mar 2020

at the prospect of a Sanders nomination they rose up in South Carolina and will do the same tomorrow, coming out in DROVES for Vice President Biden.

GO DEMS!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

LizBeth

(11,222 posts)
5. Boo yah. The power of Democrats.
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 04:58 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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