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Democratic Primaries

DrFunkenstein

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8. Clinton Held a 24 Point Lead With AA Voters Until Iowa in 2008

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2019, 09:28 AM

Sep 2019

If you base your candidacy on electability, then lose, it quickly deflates your rationale. Especially when the polls show Trump losing to just about anybody.

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

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ABC/WP poll finds Biden with 44% support from black voters, higher than in July [View all] highplainsdem Sep 2019 OP

So a majority of Black voters prefer someone other than Biden? Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #1

LOL! Biden still has more than a dozen rivals, two of them very strong. highplainsdem Sep 2019 #3

Not good news? Lol. Joe941 Sep 2019 #4

lol.. you wish? Cha Sep 2019 #16

This comment shows a complete lack of understanding of polling. honest.abe Sep 2019 #7

That's an inaccurate way to summarize the data. yardwork Sep 2019 #13

Up three points in a 5.5 MOE poll BeyondGeography Sep 2019 #2

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2019 #5

Must be heartbreaking to some BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #6

What a ratfucking asshole dalton99a Sep 2019 #10

There Cha Sep 2019 #17

Clinton Held a 24 Point Lead With AA Voters Until Iowa in 2008 DrFunkenstein Sep 2019 #8

Two people in the race and Iowa meant something then...no so much anymore. Demsrule86 Sep 2019 #9

Not a fair comparison BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #11

Electability PLUS most job-specific qualified, experienced, and knowledgeable. A winning emmaverybo Sep 2019 #12

Yes!! peggysue2 Sep 2019 #14

There's different degrees of "winning" Cha Sep 2019 #18

You can't compare anyone to Obama. That man had charisma that Kahuna7 Sep 2019 #19

Yes we do miss Cha Sep 2019 #20

So Grateful for POC who Cha Sep 2019 #15

KICK! Cha Sep 2019 #21