Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: It is beyond strange that people think 1972 is a better predictor of 2020 than 2016 [View all]Cha
(297,725 posts)12. The "centrists" who WON the BLUE WAVE House Victory in 2018!
Those Dems who Flipped Over 40 red seats to BLUE.. that's who
BS didn't even see the Blue Wave coming..
Bernie Sanders casts doubt on blue wave
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/412535-sanders-casts-doubt-on-blue-wave
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
62 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
It is beyond strange that people think 1972 is a better predictor of 2020 than 2016 [View all]
markpkessinger
Jan 2020
OP
Centrist has become an epithet, apparently. And you seem to define it a any Democrat not
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#29
I'll do Democratic Congressional & Senatorial Campaign Committees as a benchmark.
Scurrilous
Jan 2020
#6
LOL @ 'anti-establishment fervor was running at a high' after 8 years of Obama.
Scurrilous
Jan 2020
#8
Yep! BS did think that he would be the one having the most influence in the 2018 blue wave.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#25
It remains to be seen whether Biden will be any more of uniter than anyone else n/t
markpkessinger
Jan 2020
#44
I am not convinced British politics are necessarily a good barometer of U.S. politics n/t
markpkessinger
Jan 2020
#40
It is beyond strange that people think 2016 is a better predictor of 2020 than 2018
brooklynite
Jan 2020
#31
Marshall Matz, who was a policy adviser for Sen. George McGovern's failed 1972 bid is worried
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#37
but not quite as strange as people believing that the 1930s are a better predictor
Fresh_Start
Jan 2020
#51