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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

yerop

(89 posts)
4. I hear you and that's reason to be hopeful but
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 10:10 AM
Aug 2019

again, HRC looked good in the polls too.

About Sanders, I think that if he gets a real forum where people really had to hear him, things will be different. The polls currently reflect what many people get through memes and smears (and the conservative media complex) that portray Sanders as somehow wacky or unrealistic. I truly believe that if he were the candidate and people really heard his message, he'd get both the votes of those you're talking about ("those who have become very unhappy and worried about Trump and the direction the RW party is taking the nation" ) while inspiring the ones I'm talking about (economically disenfranchised Americans who voted for Trump). I don't think that latter category will be very excited about Biden, like they weren't about HRC.

That's my practical view (how to get a Democrat in the White House) which combines with my beliefs (that we need real & drastic economic change, the kind Sanders & Warren represent).

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided

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