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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

Chemisse

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54. Many people became mistrustful of him toward the end of the 2016 season.
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:30 PM
Sep 2019

When he was late in conceding and dragged his feet before supporting Clinton. It started to seem like he was being driven by his ego and didn't care about having a Democratic win.

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

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Good news for us Biden supporters, but I don't think Joy Reid was very happy about that poll... highplainsdem Sep 2019 #1
Thank you, highplainsdem! Cha Sep 2019 #11
KR Me. Sep 2019 #2
Mahalo, Me.. just a sampling Cha Sep 2019 #24
I Heard On Joy This Morning Me. Sep 2019 #33
I just got back from the Cha Sep 2019 #35
Sounds So Nice Me. Sep 2019 #43
It was peaceful! Cha Sep 2019 #47
I can not convince myself that Kamala Harris being a woman of color will not move ahead in this wasupaloopa Sep 2019 #3
It should be about policy not skin color and gender. Joe941 Sep 2019 #9
It is about all those things. Voters decide what it is about. wasupaloopa Sep 2019 #13
Unfortunately it is, even for many Democratic voters LiberalLovinLug Sep 2019 #22
Maybe they just don't like Bernie very much. Lots of folks don't. nt comradebillyboy Sep 2019 #27
But why not? If he wants the same things as you do? LiberalLovinLug Sep 2019 #44
I want a nominee who is capable of working with others as a team. comradebillyboy Sep 2019 #49
Many people became mistrustful of him toward the end of the 2016 season. Chemisse Sep 2019 #54
Who says it's "about skin color", Joe?! Cha Sep 2019 #36
post 3 and post 13 nt Celerity Sep 2019 #41
This is troubling for Bernie. LanternWaste Sep 2019 #46
Don't forget customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #55
That 26% who do not want to disclose their choice, those are for Kamala Harris Perseus Sep 2019 #21
I think the 26% represents the "I don't care just as long as it's not trump" ecstatic Sep 2019 #50
Why would they not want to say so? treestar Sep 2019 #51
Lots of room for Harris, Warren, Booker, Beto blm Sep 2019 #4
I didn't watch her show but sure she didn't like that poll. FloridaBlues Sep 2019 #5
K&R! sheshe2 Sep 2019 #6
More results jxla Sep 2019 #7
This is about right for right now and should prevail thru the SC primary. After that on Super... brush Sep 2019 #8
t-rump? Iliyah Sep 2019 #10
I saw that, yet Mayor Pete is not even given a mention... not_the_one Sep 2019 #28
Almost double the percentage Celerity Sep 2019 #40
@Essence poll: Top presidential choices among black women -- ages 18-34 melman Sep 2019 #12
The least reliable voting bloc prefers Sanders. This is meaningless. The true picture is presented emmaverybo Sep 2019 #14
Writing off young people melman Sep 2019 #15
Melman, you know very well that in terms of winning it will not be enough for younger people emmaverybo Sep 2019 #19
nobody wrote them off. young people have always voted in low numbers JI7 Sep 2019 #25
It's not writing them off. Young people are by far the least reliable voting block historically. bearsfootball516 Sep 2019 #26
No one is "writing off young people".. don't you Cha Sep 2019 #29
The true picture is... cannabis_flower Sep 2019 #16
A good point. Let the other candidates work hard as Biden has on civil rights issues and to emmaverybo Sep 2019 #23
Agree, much to the distress of the nation's voters, the young are abysmal at voting Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #17
I think that 26% other/pnta has significance. Not sure what it might mean. YOHABLO Sep 2019 #18
I'm not sure whether the 'Essence' poll is something to look at or not. YOHABLO Sep 2019 #20
It's Essence's Magazine for Black Women's poll.. Cha Sep 2019 #30
K&R stonecutter357 Sep 2019 #31
My African-American mother (elderly) is ride or die for Biden 5starlib Sep 2019 #32
Thank you so much for telling Cha Sep 2019 #37
Kudos to your mom!! and an insider view Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #53
K&R Scurrilous Sep 2019 #34
Thank you, Scurrilous! Cha Sep 2019 #42
... Scurrilous Sep 2019 #45
That's a bigger result for Yang than I would have guessed (nt) Recursion Sep 2019 #38
K&R betsuni Sep 2019 #39
k&r nt BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #48
These results didn't ring true to me, so I looked up more info ecstatic Sep 2019 #52
Highly recommend nt NYMinute Sep 2019 #56
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