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2016 Postmortem

m-lekktor

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41. I believe that. I know i am to the left of who i view as "liberal DEMS".

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 03:59 PM

Jul 2015

many leftists consider the term liberal a pejorative like they do conservative.

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Liberal Dems Like Hillary Clinton More Than Bernie Sanders [View all] Cali_Democrat Jul 2015 OP

But that internet poll says the opposite! Hmmmmm... Walk away Jul 2015 #1

Population is everything. tymorial Jul 2015 #2

"FREEFALL!" JaneyVee Jul 2015 #3

Not this Liberal Dem, RoccoR5955 Jul 2015 #4

"50 or 60 people who I know around town" is not a scientific poll. Cali_Democrat Jul 2015 #5

I don't know what constitutes a "scientific" poll RoccoR5955 Jul 2015 #6

It's a poll that randomly samples the population Cali_Democrat Jul 2015 #8

Off topic point K lib Jul 2015 #22

Not this liberal Dem either...n/t monmouth4 Jul 2015 #15

Try asking leftist Dems. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #7

Every sub-demographic ever polled prefers Hillary to Bernie. DanTex Jul 2015 #9

23 years of Hillary seeking the office madokie Jul 2015 #11

Hillary has been seeking the Presidency for 23 years? Cali_Democrat Jul 2015 #13

She let it be known early on that she would like to be President madokie Jul 2015 #14

The interesting thing is that in those 7 weeks Bernie already has higher negatives DanTex Jul 2015 #25

maybe it's because of the gun issue JI7 Jul 2015 #28

That could be. People on DU want to gloss over it, but for the most part Dems take gun violence DanTex Jul 2015 #30

Lol Alittleliberal Jul 2015 #35

I've explained the whole gun immunity thing at length here: DanTex Jul 2015 #36

That makes sense. Bernie appears opportunistic in his timing. R B Garr Jul 2015 #42

And the worst depth of support of any D candidate Recursion Jul 2015 #43

The single, the one, the ONLY group that Bernie polls higher than Clinton on is very liberal liberal Number23 Jul 2015 #10

7 weeks got Bernie and 23 years for Hillary madokie Jul 2015 #16

Nothing in this post makes any sense. Number23 Jul 2015 #17

Bernie hasn't had sights on the white house all those years though madokie Jul 2015 #19

How do you know long anybody's been wanting to run? Number23 Jul 2015 #23

I'm a Liberal Democrat and I support Hillary Clinton BooScout Jul 2015 #12

How about among Democratic Socialists?? DCBob Jul 2015 #18

How many progressive dems think of themselves as liberal? HereSince1628 Jul 2015 #20

You forgot the "neo." nt LWolf Jul 2015 #21

Except for the ones who don't whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #24

Indeed, but.... Cali_Democrat Jul 2015 #26

Yes, polls... whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #29

Here's a good poll rating page Cali_Democrat Jul 2015 #31

Then they aren't liberal Joe Turner Jul 2015 #27

What Joe said. Nt. Juicy_Bellows Jul 2015 #33

Then they are not liberal regardless of what category they have been inserted into. GoneFishin Jul 2015 #32

This does not surprise me Gothmog Jul 2015 #34

This leftist dem will not be fooled by the RNC and its sock pockets in the press. McCamy Taylor Jul 2015 #37

Interesting perspective. Cali_Democrat Jul 2015 #38

You forgot "So there (insert raspberry sound here)". cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #39

This page of the poll shows 45% unfavorable Hillary, 45% no opinion for Bernie. madfloridian Jul 2015 #40

I believe that. I know i am to the left of who i view as "liberal DEMS". m-lekktor Jul 2015 #41

Polls schmolls 99Forever Jul 2015 #44

Hillary has 100% name recognition. Bernie, not so much. He has upside potential which is why.... En Garde Jul 2015 #45