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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: So, just curious: Why do you think Sanders has fallen to single digits on DU? [View all]LibFarmer
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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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So, just curious: Why do you think Sanders has fallen to single digits on DU? [View all]
wyldwolf
Jun 2019
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There was a significant exodus of Sanders supporters from this forum after the 2016 primary
HerbChestnut
Jun 2019
#4
I recall reading a lot of stuff from Sanders' supporters on a couple of other sites during 2016
sop
Jun 2019
#8
They were never a large contingency here, and since his preceipitous drop in the polls, they're.....
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2019
#9
I think a few genuine supporters combined with multiple trolls made a lot of noise
ecstatic
Jun 2019
#15
He hasn't evolved from l960's white privilege college kids' ideology as espoused by anti-
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#17
Wow! The ignorance of an internal half-baked monologue put in textual form, and not from Trump!
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2019
#21
It's not just here. In just about every national and/or state poll, Biden has 2-3 times the support.
George II
Jun 2019
#31
It's the Excellent Competition Minus the Decades of GOP Character Assassination Hillary Endured
dlk
Jun 2019
#32
Because his supporters heckled & booed John Lewis and Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Convention
NBachers
Jun 2019
#40
That is not true...I have been active on this forum from the start and that doesn't happen...if by
Demsrule86
Jun 2019
#69
For the same reason that Biden has less than half the support here as elsewhere
FBaggins
Jun 2019
#61
It's not just that DU is more politically aware - they're also to the left of the party.
Drunken Irishman
Jun 2019
#82
Giving a single digit to the Democratic Party makes one unpopular when Trump is president.
betsuni
Jun 2019
#63
The term democratic socialism leaves a bad taste is some folks mouths. It does mine.
lamp_shade
Jun 2019
#77