Fifth in a series. Do you have a favorable opinion of Elizabeth Warren?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

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[riverine]

2. As a candidate for POTUS? No.

As a US Senator? Yes.

I support ALL Democrats in Congress/Senate.

[LakeArenal]

4. Agree.

[democratisphere]

3. Reparations are absurd. This alone is a disqualifier.

EW should continue in the Senate.

[Kahuna7]

5. Exactly. nt

[riverine]

6. It is really sad to see such desperate pandering.

My candidate is doing none of that.

I have 3-4 backups with Biden at the top of that list.

[whathehell]

7. What, precisely, is "absurd" about reparations?

[democratisphere]

8. The people that would be compensated with reparations are many generations deceased.

Compensating their descendants is absurd. Making THIS part of an election platform is even more absurd imo.

[whathehell]

10. Never heard of the studies done on how poverty & wealth impact

successive generations of families?... Looks like you've got some reading to catch up on.

https://www.brookings.edu/research/economic-mobility-of-families-across-generations/

http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_909.html

https://talkpoverty.org/2014/06/27/generational-poverty-exception-not-rule/

[democratisphere]

11. Welcome to America where most of the wealth goes to very few

while the rest fight for the crumbs. Reparations won't fix the core problem of wealth transfer to the wealthiest. THAT is the actual problem that leaves many Americans in poverty.

[whathehell]

14. Riiiight

Then again, you could read the material and actually learn something, but I guess that would require some effort. Goodbye.

[oasis]

15. A commissioned study on reparations yes. AFTER the elections.

I trust Democrats will lower the volume on this issue as we enter debate season. There will be a ton of other concerns which will need addressing.

Meantime, Dem Party organizers are tasked with getting potential voters to give due consideration to the "Bigger Picture".

[democratisphere]

16. Why?! This shouldn't even be an issue. Where does this crazy stuff come from?

[oasis]

19. I really don't see it going anywhere. Those who feel passionate

about the issue need to have their concerns addressed. I get that.

In the mean time, Dem leadership should get busy on getting potential voters focused on the "big picture" and not get sidetracked.

[democratisphere]

22. Agree completely.

Thank you.

[Hortensis]

18. Lots of things citizens are called absurd, but it matters

that we want them. We have a democracy, while we can hold onto it. Government of, by and for the people.

Does a dominating percentage of our descendants of slaves feel they should be paid reparations, and how strongly? How many do not and how strongly? We've a very wealthy nation. We could afford it. For all of us, it might be not just an honorable gesture but a practical investment in our national health if it'd make that better. Would it?

Of course other groups would demand the same, and rightfully. We could afford further reparations for descendants of indigenous Americans, of interned Japanese Americans, etc., though as numbers mounted (thinking of descendants of Hispanic victims) they might become pretty costly.

I'm thinking it's reparations for women we really might be forced to draw a line at, specifically because we are by far the largest group of victims of intense, typically institutionalized discrimination that has resulted in forms of economic, social and legal bondage through the entire existence of this nation. And we're half of all other oppressed groups. Perhaps we could settle simply for a centuries-overdue equal pay right for those to come.

[themaguffin]

20. They are not necessarily some cash pay out. Reparations can be in many forms including

community investments, educational funds etc.

[BlueTsunami2018]

9. Sure, I like her well enough.

I just don’t think she can win the election. And winning is all that matters.

[themaguffin]

21. That is my concern. I think that's she's great and would happily vote for her, but not sure if

she can do it.

[rogue emissary]

12. Before she announced I would have answered no.

Now I've really like how she has stepped up her game. When it comes to policies and positions she leading the pack.

[brooklynite]

13. These questions are poorly crafted.

I have a favorable opinion of her as a Senator. I have a VERY unfavorable opinion of her as a Presidential candidate.

[Amimnoch]

17. Very favorable opinion. Very much question a 270 path to winning.

For me, it's all about the end result.

I want Sanders eliminated from the primary as fast as possible. I do think she could make that happen.

I want Cheetolini out of office. This one, I currently don't have confidence in. Once the season kicks into high gear, and polls in the critical swing states like Ohio/Florida, Penn, WS, MI matched against Cheetolini start coming into play, if she's showing the strongest against him, I'm over to her.

Pretty much, I'm only in it for Beto because with him running for Potus, and if Jaoquin Castro gets into the Senate race, I do very much feel that Texas is potentially in real play. Texas alone could flip an otherwise repeat of 2016.

[MineralMan]

23. Of course. But this poll asks the wrong question.

I have a positive opinion about almost all of the Democratic candidates, except for a couple of them, who I will not name.

Does that mean I will vote for all of them in the primary? Of course not.

So, the answers to the poll question really doesn't provide enough information to be useful.

You can enter up to 10 questions. Why not add a bit of nuance to your polls, so they allow something other than a yes or no response?

[Hortensis]

24. Wall Street fears her. She was "Sanders" before he was, and after

and still is because Wall Street doesn't fear him, they use him. He's no replacement for her.