2016 Postmortem

arcane1

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28. There was no other possible outcome, since the union is run by a Super-PAC employee.

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Sun Jul 12, 2015, 07:05 PM

Jul 2015

I'm not sure I'd use the verb "won" regarding this endorsement.

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Message auto-removed [View all] Name removed Jul 2015 OP

people posting on facebook haz a sad. wyldwolf Jul 2015 #1

that is my union and i am pissed. sad? really? roguevalley Jul 2015 #55

you know all those people posting on facebook personally? You KNOW they're your union? wyldwolf Jul 2015 #63

Welcome to democracy, Clinton style. 99Forever Jul 2015 #2

I can see this line of logic taken to the general... wyldwolf Jul 2015 #9

I am a member and I didn't get a vote!!! Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2015 #41

I was a member until about an hour ago MissDeeds Jul 2015 #53

Sounds like sour grapes. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #3

Do sour grapes have a voice? aspirant Jul 2015 #13

They have the option to vote for Sanders. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #20

Well no one that I know had a vote Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2015 #57

Did you sign the petition to reverse the endorsement? hrmjustin Jul 2015 #58

That's not the point Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2015 #60

Ok well unions endorse and there is always disagreement. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #62

but most Dem candidates hadn't declared Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2015 #65

Well since you are actually a member i don't see it as sour grapes on your part but more of a hrmjustin Jul 2015 #67

Even if the poll/endorse were conducted on the up and up... HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #4

So a right wing,anti government site is angry that a teachers union endorsed sufrommich Jul 2015 #5

What site is that? Scootaloo Jul 2015 #7

The one linked in the article: sufrommich Jul 2015 #12

Take a look around the site. It's an anti-government, states rights website. Metric System Jul 2015 #24

Can you provide a link asserting that it's a right wing site? Wilms Jul 2015 #8

from their very own website dsc Jul 2015 #25

Thanks. Wilms Jul 2015 #52

click on the link they gave you.... BooScout Jul 2015 #26

Teachers for Social Justice enlightenment Jul 2015 #42

It would be mire like the union members have will lose a great representative. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #6

not a peep would have been raised if Sanders had been chosen bigtree Jul 2015 #10

AFT polled 1%, and ignored 99%. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #16

If the survey members were chosen randomly.... the_sly_pig Jul 2015 #50

it's all over the news bigtree Jul 2015 #17

It was a survery.....Only a sample gets riversedge Jul 2015 #21

AFT president said 1 million. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #23

Can you please provide a reference riversedge Jul 2015 #32

9th paragraph. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #33

I was referring to the Hart Research firm riversedge Jul 2015 #37

No. You asked for reference to AFT claim of 1 million. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #39

The AFT website claims that they worked sadoldgirl Jul 2015 #31

You've never heard HRC "peeps" before? aspirant Jul 2015 #15

I do not understand. It was done by Hart with riversedge Jul 2015 #19

Where was the outrage using the same method in previous years? JaneyVee Jul 2015 #14

there was none..... BooScout Jul 2015 #27

Seems riversedge Jul 2015 #38

"polled a scant 1150" but yet a poll of barely 50 Hispanics that saw Bernie winning 41% of them Number23 Jul 2015 #18

Yup. Agschmid Jul 2015 #43

Okay, so if we accept that enlightenment Jul 2015 #44

Please don't tell me reasonably intelligent people are conflating scientific polls... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #45

Whole lot of conflating going on in this thread. enlightenment Jul 2015 #49

anyone can sign that petition BooScout Jul 2015 #47

^^THIS^^ Bobbie Jo Jul 2015 #64

Right!? kjones Jul 2015 #66

This teacher is a Bernie supporter. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #22

There was no other possible outcome, since the union is run by a Super-PAC employee. arcane1 Jul 2015 #28

Bought is more accurate. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #35

Hart Research who conducted AFT Presidential Survey also works for Bernie Sanders riversedge Jul 2015 #29

Don't confuse them with facts.... BooScout Jul 2015 #40

Are people accusing Hart Research of doing something shady or unethical? arcane1 Jul 2015 #61

giving links to Right Wing sites does not help your argument... BooScout Jul 2015 #30

So, they would have preferred a repub? boston bean Jul 2015 #34

Welcome to DU and thanks for the link to a RW site! zappaman Jul 2015 #36

You do understand how polling works? SCantiGOP Jul 2015 #46

Looks like OP doesn't want to discuss this trainwreck of a thread. zappaman Jul 2015 #48

Nope. Agschmid Jul 2015 #51

How many people do you think they poll when making predictions for the whole presidential election? PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #54

My wife and I are educators - long time union members. Sancho Jul 2015 #56

So you are saying that teachers will quit their union over this? msrizzo Jul 2015 #59