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frazzled

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10. I have one question about your analysis
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 06:55 PM
Feb 2020

Exactly what elections has Bernie Sanders won (you said "he wins elections" ), aside from in his (tiny) home state of Vermont (population 628,061), and by a minute margin in the primary in the neighboring state of New Hampshire (population 1,371,246). He lost the last Democratic primary hugely by more than 12 points (55.2 to 43.1), 3,708,294 votes, and nearly a thousand delegates. So I don't see where "he wins elections." That is not on the plus side for that candidate, given that it has not been tested on a national level.

I agree that none of the candidates are a safe bet, and all have deficits—which is why so many people (myself included) are reserving judgment about whom to vote for. Unfortunately, we are all at the mercy of those who vote before we do before we can make our decisions. This has never happened before, at least to me. I've always been able to vote for the person I considered the best candidate in primaries, since 1972. This time is different. It depresses the hell out of me.

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

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