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Showing Original Post only (View all)Can Sanders Win Without Clinton In the Race? [View all]
Nate has some good analysis https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/21/can-sanders-win-without-clinton-in-the-race/
Nate Silver: So as Sanders launches his 2020 campaign as a candidate with both formidable strengths and serious challenges, his biggest problem might seem to be that theres more competition for his base this time around, with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others also competing for the leftmost part of the Democratic electorate. An equally big problem for Sanders, however, is that voters this time around have more alternatives to Hillary Clinton left, right and center to choose from.
Roughly one-quarter of Sanderss support in Democratic primaries and caucuses in 2016 came from #NeverHillary voters: people who didnt vote for Clinton in the 2016 general election and who had no intention of doing so.
Roughly one-quarter of Sanderss support in Democratic primaries and caucuses in 2016 came from #NeverHillary voters: people who didnt vote for Clinton in the 2016 general election and who had no intention of doing so.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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There are many factors at play that all point to the same conclusion.
CrossingTheRubicon
Feb 2019
#4
Not only did he not win with Secretary Clinton in the race, he really wasn't even close
SFnomad
Feb 2019
#8
By the end of February, it was pretty clear that Senator Clinton had a very steep hill to climb
SFnomad
Feb 2019
#44
While I certainly remember that Sanders and his supporters were waiting for the indictment fairy
StevieM
Feb 2019
#49
CA, TX, TN, AL, VA, etc. It won't be a good day for Sanders. If he's even still in the race.
Garrett78
Feb 2019
#12
It took a number of Democrats and Republicans several races before they got the nomination
Quixote1818
Feb 2019
#16
No, he doesn't. Look at the primary schedule. Look at the dozen states that follow New Hampshire.
Garrett78
Feb 2019
#19
There are several states where the #NeverHillary vote pushed Bernie Sanders over the top
Gothmog
Feb 2019
#17
I think a better question would be can Sanders win without Hillary supporters in the primaries?
still_one
Feb 2019
#26