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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Democrats want 'major role' for Sanders: Reuters/Ipsos poll [View all]
Source: Reuters
Politics | Sun Jun 12, 2016 7:28am EDT
Democrats want 'major role' for Sanders: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK | BY CHRIS KAHN
Bernie Sanders may have lost his bid to become the Democratic nominee for the White House, but party members don't want the U.S. senator from Vermont to step off the stage.
More than three-quarters of Democrats say Sanders should have a "major role" in shaping the party's positions, while nearly two thirds say Hillary Clinton - who beat him for the nomination - should pick him as her vice-presidential running mate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
In a sign that Democrats hope their party can unite after a fierce primary season, two-thirds also said that Sanders should endorse Clinton, a former secretary of state and senator who appears bound for a showdown with Republican Donald Trump in November's presidential election.
Sanders, a self-described Democratic socialist, managed to turn his long-shot run into a mass movement with hard-line proposals to combat wealth inequality, increase access to health care and education, and defend the environment.
His challenge to Clinton, one of the best-known figures in American politics, lasted far longer than expected, as he racked up strong results in a number of state nominating contests and stayed in the race even when the delegate count seemed to spell his doom, and yielded record numbers of small donations to his campaign.
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Democrats want 'major role' for Sanders: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK | BY CHRIS KAHN
Bernie Sanders may have lost his bid to become the Democratic nominee for the White House, but party members don't want the U.S. senator from Vermont to step off the stage.
More than three-quarters of Democrats say Sanders should have a "major role" in shaping the party's positions, while nearly two thirds say Hillary Clinton - who beat him for the nomination - should pick him as her vice-presidential running mate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
In a sign that Democrats hope their party can unite after a fierce primary season, two-thirds also said that Sanders should endorse Clinton, a former secretary of state and senator who appears bound for a showdown with Republican Donald Trump in November's presidential election.
Sanders, a self-described Democratic socialist, managed to turn his long-shot run into a mass movement with hard-line proposals to combat wealth inequality, increase access to health care and education, and defend the environment.
His challenge to Clinton, one of the best-known figures in American politics, lasted far longer than expected, as he racked up strong results in a number of state nominating contests and stayed in the race even when the delegate count seemed to spell his doom, and yielded record numbers of small donations to his campaign.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-sanders-idUSKCN0YY0F9
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The only reason it lasted so long was that Bernie wasn't willing to admit it was over
Renew Deal
Jun 2016
#2
Crap, I actually thought you were one of them saying what they actually felt for a moment. nt
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#41
"A self-described Democratic socialist", please can people just grow up ? He's a Socialist loosely
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#3
You can't be a grownup and a Socialist or the much more moderate Democratic Socialist?
highprincipleswork
Jun 2016
#8
There's a massive difference between a Democratic Socialist and a Social Democrat.
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#13
Fiscally to the right after the shellacking the working, middle, and poverty classes have received
stillwaiting
Jun 2016
#15
It was mostly a failure of regulation, not only in the US but in Europe and elsewhere.
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#18
Good nugget from Huffpo "Stop Calling Yourself ‘Socially Liberal and Fiscally Conservative’"
Snarkoleptic
Jun 2016
#17
Loyal Democrats here, who appreciate his 93% democratic vote record over the 80% average
ancianita
Jun 2016
#66
Maybe if Sanders hadn't CALLED himself a Democratic Socialist, his campaign would have gone further
brooklynite
Jun 2016
#16
FDR would be horrified to hear how far the Democratic Party has fallen from his values.
tecelote
Jun 2016
#58
Far left Socialists are ideologues who are steadfastly unwilling to compromise and who view
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#61
Where's the actual poll though? There's no link I can find to the actual results to back this up.
BobbyDrake
Jun 2016
#53
Since the modern primary system started in 1972, he won the most states, 22, of any runner-up. NT
Eric J in MN
Jun 2016
#54