Democratic Primaries

Act_of_Reparation

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40. That sound you hear is the point.

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 10:32 AM

Feb 2020

Whizzing over your head.

If you want to know whether people will vote for Bernie Sanders, you have to ask them if they will vote for Bernie Sanders. Asking them if they'd vote for "a socialist" doesn't return accurate results.

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

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Majority in new poll says they would not vote for socialist: Gallup [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2020 OP

That is why we lose in 2020 with Sanders texasfiddler Feb 2020 #1

Progressives are more popular than you think: mysteryowl Feb 2020 #25

with other progressives...but that philosophy cant get the trumpers we need to vote our side.. samnsara Feb 2020 #27

I know we are all scared and will "vote blue no matter who", mysteryowl Feb 2020 #31

That is why we have so many state governments and the Senate right? That is why it took 39 Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #49

Yeah, the over 70 isn't great either. And not 100% overlap - MH1 Feb 2020 #57

The socialist/socialism ramp is just ahead. democratisphere Feb 2020 #2

Biden will be tarred with the Marxist socialist label just like Obama. Lucky Luciano Feb 2020 #17

Baloney. That will never stick. democratisphere Feb 2020 #21

malarkey! samnsara Feb 2020 #29

+1 denem Feb 2020 #35

And.. cannabis_flower Feb 2020 #32

There is a difference between being called one squirecam Feb 2020 #43

+1,000,000 highplainsdem Feb 2020 #45

Touche'! Cha Feb 2020 #48

and then were able to deny it...not so Bernie nt Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #54

It didn't work with Obama and it would't work with Biden gollygee Feb 2020 #44

Not a surprise. Let's stop fooling ourselves. brush Feb 2020 #3

Tell that DownriverDem Feb 2020 #7

And McGovern wasn't even Socialist Zolorp Feb 2020 #9

Agreed 100%. Once Iowa and NH are over and on to more diverse primaries Sanders' polling will fall. brush Feb 2020 #14

Apropos of nothing, 45/53 is almost exactly Trump's current average approval/disapproval rating. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #4

+10,000 Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #24

+1. We're not getting their votes anyway. JudyM Feb 2020 #39

Why be stupid and risk it all on a 78 year old heart patient who has called himself Socialist Zolorp Feb 2020 #5

highplainsdem, thanks for posting this. Sloumeau Feb 2020 #6

The polling outfit that gave shithole a 49% of approval? . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #8

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #10

Isn't it amazing that some would not vote for a socialist but would support a walkingman Feb 2020 #11

Let's face it, that's America. No surprise. Socialism is toxic to many, racism, not so much brush Feb 2020 #22

Doesn't matter house and senate will NOT Watchfoxheadexplodes Feb 2020 #12

Meanwhile Sanders is leading Trump by 8 points in national polls Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #13

Poll, not polls. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #20

Meanwhile republicans are not attacking Sanders right now calguy Feb 2020 #37

Don't forget 2016 SpazzTheCat Feb 2020 #47

I really question Sanders ability to be elected. avebury Feb 2020 #15

Look at Independents jr1118x Feb 2020 #16

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #18

"A socialist" isn't running for president. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2020 #19

Sanders has referred to himself as a socialist for decades. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #23

Trump is already calling him a Communist BeyondGeography Feb 2020 #28

Exactly. Regardless, anyone who doesn't believe that this will come up in the general election is still_one Feb 2020 #30

That sound you hear is the point. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2020 #40

Right, because they'll never make the connection. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #46

If Sanders is the nominee, you can bank on it, especially in those swing states that determine still_one Feb 2020 #26

Shithole is calling Bloomberg a racist . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #33

If Bernie is the nominee, I am reminded of an expression. apcalc Feb 2020 #34

A timely poll and OP, HPD. denem Feb 2020 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author apcalc Feb 2020 #38

Glad we do not have a socialist running LeftTurn3623 Feb 2020 #41

Having no clue they enjoy socialist services and would howl if they no longer had them. Pacifist Patriot Feb 2020 #42

Americans hate isms... Ask any polling question JCMach1 Feb 2020 #50

Sanders is going to bury our party. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #51

And the great revolutionary Susan Sarandon will return to her mega-mansion Zambero Feb 2020 #52

Only 45% of voters would even consider voting for a socialist. 53% say no Gothmog Feb 2020 #53

Poll: Americans Won't Vote for a Socialist Gothmog Feb 2020 #55

Thank you! Cha Feb 2020 #58

Majority of REPUBLICANS will not consider voting for a Socialist. Majority of everyone else WOULD. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #59

More and more as time goes by...Gallup is looking like Rasmussen...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #56

I guess it's a good thing there isn't one running Tarc Feb 2020 #60

While Republicans will call any nominee a Socialist, only one is on camera claiming to be one. MineralMan Feb 2020 #61