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drray23

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16. Iowa is not representative of the democratic electorate.
Tue Feb 4, 2020, 08:31 PM
Feb 2020

The first two states in the primary contest are heavily majority white. The backbone of the party is largely made up of African Americans. Basically, we are saying let the white people decide what's best, you black guys should just vote for whomever we choose (for the record, I am white)

Pete is doing well in Iowa because he is a midwesterner and appeals to most age demographics, unlike Bernie Sanders who is horrible amongst older people and supported enthusiastically by young people and Joe Biden who has the opposite problem.

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

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