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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Sanders campaign was SHOCKED when field narrowed, because they really thought 30% would win it [View all]Vogon_Glory
(9,118 posts)6. Bernie's Assumptions and Campaign This Year Are An Object Lesson
For left-liberals hoping to shift the Democratic Party further left. Bernie didnt make friends with other voting blocks, didnt make compromises, and heaped abuse on other party factions. That is not how you win primaries and clinch the nomination.
I suspect that had Bernie won the nomination, he would have made most of these mistakes on an even larger scale, alienating voters who werent already committed Democrats or committed to voting blue no matter who.
Today it looks like Joe Biden will be the nominee, and the Democrats have a fighting chance to be seen as the party that will bring the country out of the train wreck Trump is causing.
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 campaign was SHOCKED when field narrowed, because they really thought 30% would win it [View all]
Cha
Mar 2020
OP
I kept saying that 30% wasn't enough, and was met with the argument that it was more
pnwmom
Mar 2020
#7
What he underestimated is how much the other 70% didn't want him to win.
unitedwethrive
Mar 2020
#10
Personally I don't think Pelosi has a problem with some getting to her left.
LiberalFighter
Mar 2020
#55
Biden understood the Democratic party primary electorate far better than Sanders, and what
sop
Mar 2020
#79
I do hope that Ohio Democrats at their state convention oust Turner as a DNC member.
LiberalFighter
Mar 2020
#60
I don't think that is the problem. They need to put out a better message.
LiberalFighter
Mar 2020
#61
"...the most unprecedented event in the history of presidential primaries occurred.'"
Hekate
Mar 2020
#69
Insiders recount how Sanders lost the black vote -- and the nomination slipped away
Gothmog
Mar 2020
#76
Well written article- thanks for posting. Let's see- who else plows ahead with a 30% die-hard cult?
NBachers
Mar 2020
#78
Why did Bernie Sanders drop out? The progressive majority he needed doesn't exist
Gothmog
Apr 2020
#91
Biden is relying on same set of voters who were responsible 2018 midterm victory
Gothmog
Apr 2020
#94