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9. What the heck is an "ordinary Democrat"?

Reply to DanTex (Original post)

Wed Feb 19, 2020, 10:45 AM

Feb 2020

Sounds like the Atlantic is saying,
people who don't like Bernie aren't "ordinary Democrats"?

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

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Beinart: Regular Democrats Just Aren't Worried About Bernie [View all] DanTex Feb 2020 OP

I'm just a regular Democrat and not a party luminary or "elite," The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #1

That's why we have primaries. Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #3

I can't even SEE elite from here stopdiggin Feb 2020 #26

People have I believe a more clear head Watchfoxheadexplodes Feb 2020 #2

On the other hand, they don't seem worried about Bloomberg either. brooklynite Feb 2020 #4

Not yet anyway. But the vast majority of voters up until now have only seen Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #5

As a long time actual member of the democratic party, justhanginon Feb 2020 #6

I am. BlueIdaho Feb 2020 #7

It's not doom and gloom if Sanders wins. Turin_C3PO Feb 2020 #8

What the heck is an "ordinary Democrat"? left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #9

Don't forget, there's this new thing out there, "Establishment Democrats"! George II Feb 2020 #11

Common Democrats who aren't party leaders That includes you perhaps, KPN Feb 2020 #14

Sorry Atlantic, I have tremendous apprehension that NoMoreRepugs Feb 2020 #10

I share your apprehension redstateblues Feb 2020 #16

I have no doubt the party will fracture if they engineer his KPN Feb 2020 #12

nobody is "engineering" anyone's defeat stopdiggin Feb 2020 #28

HRC, Obama, Carville, Frank and others coming out with negative attacks or statements either KPN Feb 2020 #30

but then, that's not "rigging" the game is it? stopdiggin Feb 2020 #31

Lol. No it's not because the system is already KPN Feb 2020 #32

oh, yes .. the "system" stopdiggin Feb 2020 #33

Laugh all you want. Easy to ridicule dissenters KPN Feb 2020 #34

So the party only gets fractured the way he says it R B Garr Feb 2020 #29

What is a regular Democrat? sheshe2 Feb 2020 #13

No Rilgin Feb 2020 #17

This is a strange 'democratic' forum intrepdish Feb 2020 #15

The feedback loop leads people to believe DU is representative of the population as a whole. Garrett78 Feb 2020 #22

Many of the people that supported Sanders in the past ibegurpard Feb 2020 #23

By "corporate barrage of misinformation" do you mean stuff like this? ehrnst Feb 2020 #25

personally, Trump's got a lock on my worry juice 0rganism Feb 2020 #18

Wait until the hand-wringing in the GE. Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #19

As I posted in your other thread: Garrett78 Feb 2020 #20

Ironic as you recently criticized another poster for using the term "real Democrats" LanternWaste Feb 2020 #21

I wish everyone on DU would bookmark this article and link it to every anti-bernie Scotch-Irish Feb 2020 #24

"Among ordinary Democrats, Sanders is strikingly popular" Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #27