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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: My thoughts on why the Sanders' campaign is in meltdown [View all]Yavin4
(35,437 posts)20. One more, young people are not showing up.
They invested a lot into the theory that new voters would show up at the polls and overwhelm the "establishment" making Sanders inevitable. That did not happen.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Sanders started this campaign as him verses the Democratic party, and that is the reason he cannot m
still_one
Mar 2020
#3
BS probably realized he couldn't/wouldn't get much more than 30% of the vote.
empedocles
Mar 2020
#7
Today Sanders was going on about Klobuchar and Buttigieg being forced to leave the race by...
Mars and Minerva
Mar 2020
#54
I think their bottom level target was 40%, as if they had 37%, Biden had 34%, Bloomberg 28% (just
Celerity
Mar 2020
#11
In retrospect, the way things happened, America dodged a bullet. He's been exposed as fundamentally
OnDoutside
Mar 2020
#9
Bernie was known from 2016 there, so it is more likely the other Senators were hurt more
karynnj
Mar 2020
#22
They thought that by giving free concerts they'd attract young people. They did, but....
George II
Mar 2020
#28
I've been wondering if the young voters didn't realize that the primaries are just as important as
japple
Mar 2020
#48
They expected the moderate and center-left vote to be split and divided for longer...
NurseJackie
Mar 2020
#21
They were also counting on moderate and center-left voters falling in line behind Sanders
sop
Mar 2020
#61
So... we just work twice as hard to get moderate voters and never-trump voters.
NurseJackie
Mar 2020
#74
Nice analysis. But if Tulsi breaks off and runs as a third party candidate,
PatrickforO
Mar 2020
#25
I listened to Hillary when she was not sure about giving Bush permission to do everything he could.
True Blue American
Mar 2020
#43
They were banking on all candidates staying in until the contested convention
Dopers_Greed
Mar 2020
#32
I didn't consider the Culinary Union as trying to force their members to vote for Biden.
LiberalFighter
Mar 2020
#45
I haven't seen that, but your analysis is excellent and the two things together
betsuni
Mar 2020
#90