Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Honest Question for Sanders and Warren Supporters [View all]betsuni
(25,537 posts)not policy preferences." There's an article in the NYT (2016), "Do Sanders supporters favor his policies?" that I found interesting. I think much of it is true today:
"More detailed evidence casts further doubt on the notion that support for Mr. Sanders reflects a shift to the left in policy preference of Democrats. In a survey conducted by the American National Election Studies ... supporters of Mr. Sanders were more pessimistic than Mrs. Clinton's supporters about 'opportunity in America today for the average person to get ahead' and more likely to say that economic inequality has increased. However, they were less likely than Clinton's supporters to favor concrete policies that Mr. Sanders has offered as remedies for these ills, including a higher minimum wage, increased government spending on health care, and expansion of government services financed by higher taxes. It is quite a stretch to view these people as the vanguard of a new, social-democratic-trending Democratic Party. ... a short-term byproduct of enthusiasm for Mr. Sanders rather than a stable political conviction. Their distinctive liberalism is mostly a matter of adopting campaign labels, not policy preferences."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden