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In reply to the discussion: Sanders supporters are wealthier, whiter, and more male than Hillary supporters. [View all]whathehell
(30,471 posts)252. Oh, hell then, fuck em..
Who needs their votes?
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Sanders supporters are wealthier, whiter, and more male than Hillary supporters. [View all]
DanTex
Aug 2015
OP
right, you're just making an observation: about stupid kids, dumb hippies and "wealthy white men".
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#14
Yes, I made an observation about wealthier white men. They are Bernie's top demographic.
DanTex
Aug 2015
#15
And like I said, it's fucking August of 2015, and as much as we may think everyone on the planet is
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#17
Yeah, that's one explanation. The political junkie class who sees it all as a game
DanTex
Aug 2015
#19
or perhaps that's just who is paying attention, given that the primaries don't start
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#29
Of course, the old "black people don't pay attention, they just vote on name recognition" meme.
DanTex
Aug 2015
#38
Except nobody is voting, yet. You yourself are spinning all sorts of spurious generalizations about
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#45
"Ad hominem broad brush attacks"? Can you be specific, don't think anyone here sees it that way.
George II
Aug 2015
#198
But you won't (or can't) say what those attacks were, leading one to assume..............
George II
Aug 2015
#227
People interested in the primaries, and in the demographics of the supporters of the
DanTex
Aug 2015
#255
Why did you find this particular demographic interesting enough to start a thread on it?
whathehell
Aug 2015
#260
you also called Bernie supporters ignorant, the truly privileged donate to Hillary
virtualobserver
Aug 2015
#11
Well, the ones that think there's no difference between Hillary and the GOP are ignorant.
DanTex
Aug 2015
#13
you mean like the post downthread that compares Sanders Supporters to the GOP?
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#16
Oh, there's a difference. Hillary has evolved on a couple issues, economics not being one of them.
Scuba
Aug 2015
#69
Hillary comes into it with FAR greater name recognition. It is August of 2015.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#12
That chart doesn't show that Sanders supporters are wealthier, whiter, and more male than Hillarys.
Autumn
Aug 2015
#183
It's because they can't come up with an honest argument against his positions..
whathehell
Aug 2015
#281
Yes, it is a fact that with a measure of comfort, people can lift their eyes to a higher goal.
Bonobo
Aug 2015
#20
Sanders supporters are...Sanders supporters are...Sanders supporters are...Sanders' supporters are
Bonobo
Aug 2015
#131
I'm just repeating back what I keep hearing from you over and over and over. nt
Bonobo
Aug 2015
#139
people are against Hillary because she's a centrist Dem with a disturbing record on many issues
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2015
#143
since discretion is the better part of valor, and cowardice is the better part of discretion...
0rganism
Aug 2015
#291
exactly-- plus better off folks have easier access to new info and ideas
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2015
#138
So, as a decidedly non-wealthy white woman, I should not be supporting Bernie? Damn the issues?
djean111
Aug 2015
#23
I don't base my support of any politician on what herd someone else has decided I belong to.
djean111
Aug 2015
#89
....I'm so glad I decided to swing by sillytown this weekend. and by that I mean, GD:P
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#34
I know I am only on DU because my JetStream is in for service, so flying to my Villa in France is
GoneFishin
Aug 2015
#26
I'm busy driving my volvo from Klan Rallies to Grateful Dead shows, myself.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#32
What's disgusting is watching another HC suppoter exploit race, gender and class issues.
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#49
Poll numbers are poll numbers. It's not my fault that Bernie's core support comes from
DanTex
Aug 2015
#53
The irony is if he does decide to back Bernie it may be because of folks like you.
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#92
Hillary's people also tried to say that nominating Obama would be risky in the general, in '08.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#52
and the demographic of Hillary's donors are wealthier and more male than Bernie's
zazen
Aug 2015
#58
When it comes to SSI, medicaid, and food stamps there are huge differences between
DanTex
Aug 2015
#80
Sounds like a first step toward making OASDI needs based, which Republicans have indeed sought.
merrily
Aug 2015
#120
But many of us believe that Bernie would actually be a stronger general election candidate.
totodeinhere
Aug 2015
#220
Polls don't confirm, they support. And they support all sort of bullshit analysis when you don't
Ed Suspicious
Aug 2015
#126
Yes, and as we know, old white males are responsible for all our woes. So, vote Hillary!
jalan48
Aug 2015
#147
sounds like white males have figured out what Clinton's NAFTA, MFN-China and H-1b visas did to them
HFRN
Aug 2015
#153
Your post seems to assume that Sanders can't beat a Republican in the general
thesquanderer
Aug 2015
#154
Statistics lie when they skew the reasons, and that's when liars use them .
orpupilofnature57
Aug 2015
#179
You know, they left out the most important question: What brand of car do they drive. (nt)
jeff47
Aug 2015
#180
Wrong chart? Hillary gets 47% of the males, Bernie gets 26% of the males,on income
Autumn
Aug 2015
#181
Um, the reallllly wealthy white men want Hillary or Bush (or some othr rw Repub)
Armstead
Aug 2015
#184
So why in the chart you posted does Hillary have higher numbers than Bernie in wealthy white males?
Autumn
Aug 2015
#191
So Hillary's supporters are wealthier, whiter, and more male than Bernie supporters.
Autumn
Aug 2015
#194
So to be clear, Bernie's supporters are NOT wealthier, whiter, and more male than Hillary's
Autumn
Aug 2015
#199
Yes, they are. There just aren't as many Bernie supporters as Hillary supporters.
DanTex
Aug 2015
#200
In the chart posted I'm seeing Hillary with higher percentages in wealthier,white, males
Autumn
Aug 2015
#189
"Because wealthier white males, being the least vulnerable group in our society, have the luxury of
workinclasszero
Aug 2015
#202
Nice post...my theory is we are looking at a 21st century version of Archie Bunker...
Sancho
Aug 2015
#207
I know a lot of people enthusiastic about Bernie and none are close to the Archie Bunker mentality
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2015
#209
Well the polls show a white, conservative, male Bernie supporter coming to rallies....
Sancho
Aug 2015
#234
There's not enough cool story to cover all the cool story bro in this cool story, bro.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#244
What is driving this vitriol? What is it -- EXACTLY -- that Corporate Dems want so badly?
SMC22307
Aug 2015
#312
Actually running a candidate in the general election who could get more white support would be
totodeinhere
Aug 2015
#221
Kurska, you're just saying that because you're an "21st Century Archie Bunker" type.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#240
I don't know if I agree with the editorialized bit of your OP, but judging by the screams and wails
Number23
Aug 2015
#254
That would be far more preferable than racing up and down this thread accosting every single person
Number23
Aug 2015
#257
I have the sound turned down on my gold-plated ipad, so maybe I missed the wailing.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#258
They probably are but it depends. Are they disagreeing with you on a valid, intelligent point
Number23
Aug 2015
#259
If the 'valid' point is "many sanders supporters are white men, therefore they're Archie Bunker types"
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#261
Which is not even close to what this OP is about. Are we done yet or is there something else you
Number23
Aug 2015
#262
You seem to think that I need your agreement or disagreement when I couldn't care less about either
Number23
Aug 2015
#265
I didn't come in here to argue with anyone. I responded to the OP and got something stuck on my shoe
Number23
Aug 2015
#270
Relaxation advice from you. Since you've not shown any desperation on this topic whatsoever.
Number23
Aug 2015
#275
I can see you guys are really agitated. I didn't see anyone screaming in this thread about Hillary's
Number23
Aug 2015
#266
I think that posting more times than the OP did in a thread about poll numbers could
Number23
Aug 2015
#272
I just tried counting your posts in this thread and stopped at 20. And yet, *I* seem tense?????!
Number23
Aug 2015
#273
I'm sure this is all pithy and wonderful in your head. But in addition to be incredibly unnecessary
Number23
Aug 2015
#276
You wish...bringing thought and data to the discussion is characterized as screaming and wailing?
haikugal
Sep 2015
#358
Yeah, this post is so insignificant and wrong you are still reading and replying to it A MONTH LATER
Number23
Sep 2015
#366
Spin, spin, spin....I just found this thread...I'm always late but I eventually get there...lol
haikugal
Sep 2015
#367
Why are you posting a song called Black as Night to me? What makes you think I'd click on
Number23
Sep 2015
#368
I don't know what's funnier. You coming after me with this foolishness a month later
Number23
Sep 2015
#372
If clicking on a Youtube link is what I need to better understand you then I'm happy not
Number23
Sep 2015
#375
You inferred I intended something by posting a YouTube with the word "black" in the title..
haikugal
Sep 2015
#376
I inferred no such thing. Could you take this conversation you're obviously having with yourself
Number23
Sep 2015
#377
You mean this "echo chamber" right here? The ones built by you and your little buddies who all seem
Number23
Sep 2015
#380
I am a woman, and I do believe it is time to lay that women-will-vote-for-women meme
djean111
Aug 2015
#323
I'm white, I'm 71, I'm a Socialist, and I support Bernie. I'm ever so sorry.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2015
#348
Hillary leads in the 18-29 category which debunks the myth that Millennials support Bernie.
upaloopa
Sep 2015
#355
So nothing. Just a factual observation. A lot of people seem to think that Bernie is the
DanTex
Sep 2015
#360
And we see OPs in GD now how we should get under the bus for them to reach RWNJs.....
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#381
Some people were under the impression that Bernie was the preferred candidate of poor and working
DanTex
Sep 2015
#386
OMG!!! They have run out of memes! Thank goodness no one swiped the recycle bin!
djean111
Oct 2015
#401