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mcar

(42,210 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 12:14 PM Mar 2020

Tell me again why Biden has to reach out to Sanders voters? [View all]


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19% of Sanders voters in Michigan say they will *not* vote for the Democratic nominee regardless of who it is in the election for president this November via @CNN exit polls.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Because we need as many of them as possible to vote for Biden. MineralMan Mar 2020 #1
Everyone else's supporters simply move to the leader mcar Mar 2020 #8
Exactly..it seems everyone else's supporters followed their candidates lead - asiliveandbreathe Mar 2020 #25
How about to win in November bottomofthehill Mar 2020 #41
Not really democrattotheend Mar 2020 #62
I recall zero. LisaM Apr 2020 #130
but just like last time, they demand to be begged and courted treestar Mar 2020 #84
+1 rampartc Mar 2020 #11
Does lecturing Sanders to drop out count as 'alienating them'? LanternWaste Mar 2020 #12
.. MineralMan Mar 2020 #51
Thank you MineralMan. Perfect response. KPN Mar 2020 #35
Cannot take the chance Bev54 Mar 2020 #2
WE, THE PEOPLE will turn out Cary Mar 2020 #10
Radicals? notinkansas Apr 2020 #131
Anyone who right now is considering voting for Trump or staying at home if they can't have Bernie StarfishSaver Mar 2020 #85
Dems need all the help we can get empedocles Mar 2020 #3
HRC pandered to him, even had a night at the convention devoted ReformedGOPer Apr 2020 #104
Not pander, but allies are better than enemies or loose cannons. empedocles Apr 2020 #111
Do you like losing? jalan48 Mar 2020 #4
No, do you? mcar Mar 2020 #9
Blaming the voters is a losing strategy. jalan48 Mar 2020 #33
Why? The youth "voters" are one of the reasons Bernie is losing LakeArenal Mar 2020 #55
Shaming and blaming others for our losses just shows weakness. If Biden is our candidate then jalan48 Mar 2020 #56
u said quote: do you like losing? well that's what bernie is doing these days nt msongs Mar 2020 #59
I'm looking forward to the last debate. One on one should be interesting. jalan48 Mar 2020 #63
There already was a one-on-one debate ... NanceGreggs Apr 2020 #105
That Does Seem To Be About All He Can Do, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2020 #106
You need to compare the date of the OP and the post dates with the debate schedule. jalan48 Apr 2020 #116
The only one shaming any one are Bernie and LakeArenal Mar 2020 #72
Hey-Biden needs Bernie's supporters to vote for him. What do you think would be an effective jalan48 Mar 2020 #73
Bernie would have needed Biden's supporters too mcar Mar 2020 #75
It is what it is. Either we pull together or we don't. Blaming Sanders and his supporters is jalan48 Mar 2020 #79
I'm not on the campaign team. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #88
Joe would be horrified by that. He would NOT want us to shut out Bernie supporters! hedda_foil Mar 2020 #89
I have no problem shaming some people. lapucelle Apr 2020 #107
Some People Do Need To Be Ashamed Of Themselves, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2020 #109
Nothing will endear these people to vote for Biden, if Trump doesn't already do it. Nothing. LizBeth Mar 2020 #81
Sanders clearly feels no need to reach out to anyone who doesn't just agree with him on everything. ehrnst Apr 2020 #117
That number will go down as we get closer Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #5
Agree. Last survey I saw it was 30%. Now it's 19%. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #13
I hope you are correct mcar Mar 2020 #17
The exact numbers are in dispute given the difficulty in determining something such as this... W_HAMILTON Mar 2020 #28
Are you sure about that? Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #30
People that use that are doing so only to mislead you. W_HAMILTON Mar 2020 #65
Ah, ok, I stand corrected. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #66
25% included crossover trump supporters (non dems) Locrian Mar 2020 #37
Huh? No. W_HAMILTON Mar 2020 #64
Just as 40% of Hillary voters in June 2008 said they would not support Obama. thesquanderer Mar 2020 #38
The percentage was much higher than 12%. The 12% number is for BS to Trump voters specifically. lapucelle Mar 2020 #50
Ok, I stand corrected. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #52
I have always said that the radical left makes a lot of noise Cary Mar 2020 #6
I Expect Biden Will Make All Reasonable Efforts To Win Them Over... smb Mar 2020 #7
I think he will too mcar Mar 2020 #14
Even if that 19% figure is representative, 81% of his supporters will vote for Biden. pampango Mar 2020 #15
Coming together means coming together - it takes both sides mcar Mar 2020 #19
Indeed. n/t pampango Mar 2020 #34
It is the role of the 1st place finisher to reach out to supporters of the 2nd place finisher, thesquanderer Mar 2020 #39
Nobody reached out to me mcar Mar 2020 #45
re: "a % of them still won't vote, or vote against Democrats." thesquanderer Mar 2020 #70
Not quite the same situation dansolo Mar 2020 #93
Like Carville said last night.."the Democratic voters during the primary asiliveandbreathe Mar 2020 #16
Krystal Ball mcar Mar 2020 #18
Krystal Ball seems to have a cracked crystal ball. Sloumeau Mar 2020 #26
If that's true Turbineguy Mar 2020 #20
It's discouraging mcar Mar 2020 #21
Even after giving sanders everything he wanted in platform look at what happened last time Gothmog Mar 2020 #22
This. mcar Mar 2020 #46
Exit poll showed 16% of Hillary supporters who voted in November 2008 voted for McCain thesquanderer Mar 2020 #68
And Cornell West, one of the people Bernie appointed to shape that platform Docreed2003 Mar 2020 #80
That's 81% who will or might or are undecided. Qutzupalotl Mar 2020 #23
Agreed mcar Mar 2020 #47
Biden does not have to reach out to Bernie's supporters yet, Sloumeau Mar 2020 #24
Because that means 81% will or are persuadable? TDale313 Mar 2020 #27
So I read "81% of Sanders voters say the WILL (or probably WILL) vote for the Dem nominee". CincyDem Mar 2020 #29
One would think they'd move to the nominee anyway mcar Mar 2020 #48
Wow them with platform and policy, inform them about Trump bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #31
Yes mcar Mar 2020 #49
Do you have a calculator nearby? Act_of_Reparation Mar 2020 #32
The tweet you quote in the op IS the answer to the question you posed. n/t thesquanderer Mar 2020 #36
Not Surprised, no one should they where never Democratics ace3csusm Mar 2020 #40
A hungry person refusing half a loaf of bread. Is there a word for that? oasis Mar 2020 #42
I take them at their word. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #43
We'll see where we actually end up. Berniesbiggestfan Mar 2020 #44
Because Biden is a mature, responsible, compassionate leader who understands... TygrBright Mar 2020 #53
Biden's had the easiest primary in history jimfields33 Mar 2020 #54
... mcar Mar 2020 #78
He'll get the young voters on his own merit MyNameGoesHere Mar 2020 #82
that does not seem true; he was said to be dead in the water less than treestar Mar 2020 #86
I'm a Biden supporter, but he had the great fortune to be running against a very weak field Midwestern Democrat Mar 2020 #94
Did you forget about Iowa, NH, and Nevada? and all the Cha Mar 2020 #87
Bernie just doesn't appeal to that many people. Can you handle it? PubliusEnigma Apr 2020 #129
some of them are giving the Larouche-ites a run for their money samir.g Mar 2020 #57
Because they have good ideas and are a part of us? randr Mar 2020 #58
Anyone who does not believe in party unity deserves to lose in November. LonePirate Mar 2020 #60
I assume he'd like their votes democrattotheend Mar 2020 #61
To show empathy. There's a large contingent of people who are hurting. Politicub Mar 2020 #67
What concerns me is ... nolawarlock Mar 2020 #69
Good thing they are a dying breed. nt William769 Mar 2020 #71
Because he won't beat Trump without them budkin Mar 2020 #74
Talk about cutting off your avebury Mar 2020 #76
So he can defeat Donald Trump? kentuck Mar 2020 #77
That doesn't make sense.. why vote in the primary Cha Mar 2020 #83
If sanders stays in much longer, he will lose leverage Gothmog Mar 2020 #90
How do you demand concessions when you're getting the brake beat off of you? Gothmog Mar 2020 #91
We don't need to alienate them. But we don't need to pander to them, either. Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #92
Agreed mcar Mar 2020 #96
Another day, another ignore. Jokerman Mar 2020 #95
The sanders supporters who voted for trump in 2016 were racists non-democrats who hated Obama Gothmog Apr 2020 #97
Because Party Unity is a good thing. Iggo Apr 2020 #98
I'm sick and tired of the whiny asses who lack a perception of reality la-trucker Apr 2020 #99
The way I read that is.... Happy Hoosier Apr 2020 #100
Because not everyone lacks the ability to subtract 19 from 100. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2020 #101
Thing is, and reason Biden is best of the two, he will reach out. Hoyt Apr 2020 #102
Just a few short weeks ago, it was "vote blue no matter who" Grokenstein Apr 2020 #103
I saw it so many times, here and elsewhere mcar Apr 2020 #112
Why my first choice is Bernie... S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2020 #108
It Does Not Matter What He Says, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #110
True enough... S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2020 #118
Quite The Contrary, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #119
I disagree with your assumption. S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2020 #120
Then He Or She Might As Well Be Up On A Soap-Box In Bughouse Square, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #121
I haven't seen any nasty "Biden Bros" mcar Apr 2020 #113
The 'Mirror Game' Is An Ancient Wheeze, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2020 #114
Ancient Wheeze! mcar Apr 2020 #115
Bernie Sanders is out. And the insincere praise begins. Gothmog Apr 2020 #122
It Feels So Strange, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #123
For this thread Gothmog Apr 2020 #132
Rubin is right: let's not get carried away mcar Apr 2020 #125
Yeah... their "story lines".. We know what happened.. Cha Apr 2020 #134
Did you see the movie "2016"? Remember how that ends?? SKKY Apr 2020 #124
Yes, it ended with a bunch of self-entitled so-called progressives* mcar Apr 2020 #127
michigan voters pamdb Apr 2020 #126
Enough in MI, WI and PA mcar Apr 2020 #128
To win. H2O Man Apr 2020 #133
Why did Bernie Sanders drop out? The progressive majority he needed doesn't exist Gothmog Apr 2020 #135
He always had that ceiling mcar Apr 2020 #136
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