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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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Thekaspervote

(32,606 posts)
1. IA NH delegates will definitely be split
Thu Jan 9, 2020, 07:41 PM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Demsrule86

(68,352 posts)
2. That is what I think and on to Nevada and South Carolina...where Biden should do well.
Thu Jan 9, 2020, 07:42 PM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Demsrule86

(68,352 posts)
6. I agree. No one wins either...although I still have a feeling that Biden might pull it off...
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 10:56 AM
Jan 2020

and any who claim victory over a 1 or 2 point lead just looks silly.

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

calguy

(5,223 posts)
3. I predict that a month from now
Thu Jan 9, 2020, 08:33 PM
Jan 2020

things will be crystal clear. Then I'll start paying more attention to poll numbers.

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

Demsrule86

(68,352 posts)
4. We should know more for sure.
Thu Jan 9, 2020, 08:35 PM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
5. White state, white logjam. Huh. What're the chances?
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 07:53 AM
Jan 2020

The second tier who can't break out because they're ONLY drawing white people suddenly appearing to challenge the top tier candidate who draws all the other races and ethnicities IA has few of.

Far more diverse NV Feb 22 will be the first indicator of how the candidates are really doing. Biden's way ahead in SC Feb 29. But polls say Biden's only solidly ahead right now in NV, with a logjammed second tier within possible striking range.

And Steyer is buying his way up, if his money continues its work... WaPo says he's swiveled from impeachment now that Democrats have impeached to a "just-fix-it" agenda. Some Democrats who don't like money in politics apparently are drawn to a billionaire who's promising to get money out of politics*. He appeals to some conservatives, but not all are happy with his attacks on Trump. My guess is if he didn't self-fund a gofundme effort would maybe stake him to a latte at Starbucks.

* Studies show that resentful populists are typically drawn to leaders who are certified members of the "elites" they want to destroy (!) but seen as outsider-elite. Senator Sanders, Billionaire Trump, and Billionaire Steyer, who's also been making populist noises to appeal to resentment and antagonism, all fit that ridiculous profile.

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

Demsrule86

(68,352 posts)
7. I agree...and it will be interesting to see if there is any movement in the new
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 01:35 PM
Jan 2020

poll coming out today from the Des Moines Register. It will either be on CNN around 5:00 or will actually be released by the paper...have heard it both ways.

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

(12,047 posts)
8. The good news, in a couple weeks u can throw all those polls in the trashcan
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 01:40 PM
Jan 2020

Only votes will matter

People will have to put down their phones, get up off their couches and go out into the freezing rain and vote for their candidate.

Then we will see where things stand for real

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Joe Biden
 

PandoraAwakened

(905 posts)
9. Yes indeed.
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 07:28 PM
Jan 2020

"Put down their phones, get up off their couches." Online pundits meet the real world, right?

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

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
10. Which is why IA and NH are essentially meaningless...nt
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 07:47 PM
Jan 2020

Sid

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

Demsrule86

(68,352 posts)
11. Sid, I agree completely. By moving up the next primaries and super Tuesday...neither Iowa
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 01:49 PM
Jan 2020

nor New Hampshire will have the impact felt in previous years.

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