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Democratic Primaries

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OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 05:11 PM Jan 2020

Based on this forum, it seems like no Dem can win. [View all]

Reading through this forum, I get the impression nobody is really confident that Democrats can beat Trump.

The Pro-Biden side keeps saying Bernie will have one of the biggest losses in history and Trump would absolutely love to run against him and some Republicans are backing him too. His Socialism and anti-corporate views will be used against him.

The Pro-Sanders side says Biden is too pro-rich, pro-corporate oligarchs, too anti-young people. Biden is another status quo candidate who will make the rich richer, screw over the young and the poor, and probably let Trump and all his corrupt cronies get away with their crimes for the sake of bipartisanship and letting the past stay in the past. Biden also has the most baggage of any current candidate and Ukraine is absolutely going to be used against Biden no matter how dumb it is.

The Pro-Warren crowd is currently fighting with the Bernie Crowd. Right now, I see her and Bernie splitting the progressive and youth vote, leading to a Biden win.


I feel like we're likely going to see another Trump win in light of the current situation. I hope I'm wrong, but he's got a cult base of supporters, the entire Republican party backing him, tons of cheating, social media giants like Facebook backing him, and a bunch of foreign countries helping him. And the rest of the population either can't support a certain Democrat, or just doesn't plan on voting.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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Someone's going to beat Trump. blueinredohio Jan 2020 #1
welcome iamthebandfanman Jan 2020 #2
That is a defeatist attitude Bev54 Jan 2020 #3
DU isn't representative of the real world. TwilightZone Jan 2020 #4
You beat me to the punch Sherman A1 Jan 2020 #6
+1,000,000 X 10 Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #16
DU has also changed over time. It used to have mostly progressive members Quixote1818 Jan 2020 #10
The mainstream of the Democratic Party is progressive. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #25
It's been pushed in that direction by folks like Sanders and Warren getting traction nt Quixote1818 Jan 2020 #31
True. Most of the people on here are pretty well informed, even PatrickforO Jan 2020 #15
I know it feels that way marlakay Jan 2020 #5
A Democrat can win. An Independent can't...nt SidDithers Jan 2020 #7
Independents are the largest voting block OliverQ Jan 2020 #24
Simple. Most indepandants don't fall on the far-left. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #26
Not all independents are liberal or likely to vote for a Democrat. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #27
I don't understand your comment../ brooklynite Jan 2020 #8
I think Biden may bring in an extra 1 or 2% from the center and Sanders 1 or 2% more from the base Quixote1818 Jan 2020 #9
Every single day. Kingofalldems Jan 2020 #11
DU is like going to the horse races. Sloumeau Jan 2020 #12
Post removed Post removed Jan 2020 #13
Yeah, the OP was just your weekly version of this: Sloumeau Jan 2020 #20
What does history say? booley Jan 2020 #14
This is what history says...Sanders can't win the nomination...the numbers are not there for him Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #19
depends on if dems losers sabotage the nominee. nt msongs Jan 2020 #17
I spend less and less time in this forum every election year as the time to vote draws near. cwydro Jan 2020 #18
Voting for a Democrat. Skidmore Jan 2020 #21
Not too clever. Kingofalldems Jan 2020 #22
I wouldn't get discouraged. potone Jan 2020 #23
The last couple days...😳 I can't imagine what this forum will dewsgirl Jan 2020 #28
So should we just give up? Kingofalldems Jan 2020 #29
Got a link on that? Kingofalldems Jan 2020 #30
I was not here in 2008, but I heard that it was bad during Blue_true Jan 2020 #32
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