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Democratic Primaries

Hortensis

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47. +1000.

Reply to peggysue2 (Reply #46)

Thu Feb 6, 2020, 03:58 PM

Feb 2020

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

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No candidate will win without the black vote. [View all] sheshe2 Feb 2020 OP

Joke rendered meaningless OneMoreCupOfCoffee Feb 2020 #1

Exactly. Typo, back-black? still_one Feb 2020 #2

I just fixed it, thanks. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #3

+++ still_one Feb 2020 #5

Thanks. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #9

That's a fact. onecaliberal Feb 2020 #4

Cant wait to see the results :) BootinUp Feb 2020 #6

I was just saying that when Cha Feb 2020 #7

Lol.... sheshe2 Feb 2020 #10

lol again.. ikr! Cha Feb 2020 #12

In which case, the DNC should do everything in its power to abrogate the New Jim Crow laws Hekate Feb 2020 #8

Wherever we get the power, federal and state, we will. Hortensis Feb 2020 #42

Well, Trump sure as hell isn't getting it. Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #11

Do you really think many black people will vote for Trump? Liberty Belle Feb 2020 #13

I did not mention trump. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #15

And it's not just the percentage of that vote either Docreed2003 Feb 2020 #14

Point! sheshe2 Feb 2020 #17

Exactly! peggysue2 Feb 2020 #36

Voting machines are colorblind. BUT AA have been a dependable Hortensis Feb 2020 #44

Another exactly peggysue2 Feb 2020 #46

+1000. Hortensis Feb 2020 #47

Agreed Gothmog Feb 2020 #16

Winning creates momentum. He won't be polling at 0% with black voters if he wins NH scheming daemons Feb 2020 #19

Ouch! sheshe2 Feb 2020 #20

AA voters are historically slow to warm to New faces until they have shown an ability grantcart Feb 2020 #25

AA voters made the smart move to Obama... will do the same in going for Bernie. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #27

Lolol the infantilism of the kool aid devotees who are apparently uninformed grantcart Feb 2020 #29

Don't even bother. Their only answer to the fact that half Squinch Feb 2020 #30

I find the argument that Sanders lost support in Iowa to be a poor one. Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #31

TL;DR Zolorp Feb 2020 #32

Again, we are comparing apples and oranges Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #34

So what you are saying is about half as many people supported Sanders in the 2020 Iowa Caucus Zolorp Feb 2020 #35

+1,000,000 highplainsdem Feb 2020 #37

Excellent post HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #43

Every Dem candidate will get 90%+ of the black vote in the General Election scheming daemons Feb 2020 #18

You have to get there first though. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #22

And frankly I wouldn't be so quick to pretend our support is guaranteed. SaschaHM Feb 2020 #23

+1 Meadowoak Feb 2020 #26

It's not just about percentage, it is also about turnout. RockRaven Feb 2020 #28

Yes but Sunsky Feb 2020 #39

Frankly, the candidate that most effectively goes after Trump scheming daemons Feb 2020 #40

I agree 💯 Sunsky Feb 2020 #41

The absolute truth. jcmaine72 Feb 2020 #21

Yep. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #24

2016 proved your point, especially in regards to winning the nomination Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #33

Exactly, sheshe! highplainsdem Feb 2020 #38

IMO female turnout will determine both the candidate and the general election winner pecosbob Feb 2020 #45

sanders' problems with African American voters is not going to to away Gothmog Feb 2020 #48

Bernie Sanders Support with Black Voters Cratered by More Than Half in a Week Gothmog Feb 2020 #49