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Reading Bernie's reply I don't think it is what he said, he stated that it's hard for a woman to win especially after Hillary which is true. As for giving GOP attack points Bernie's got built in teflon protection similar to Trump if he wins it will sure be interesting.
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Media has been trying to get progressives to go after each other since the start they don't want them to win.
Not necessarily. Times are a changing. I'll take sane (Biden) people pushing centrist, with a dash of left and right leaning policies for the next 8-16 years until Gen X and Millennials fully dislodged Boomers from their perch on high. Then we can really start to push for some progressive policies. I'd rather start that push from a place of sanity, then after years of people the caliber of Trump shitting all over the place.
Frankly, I'm in NJ, we vote late and it'll probably be decided by time it gets here. I'll be voting for whomever the Democrat nominate for the foreseeable future, until such a time that ranked choice becomes a thing. I'm not a Democrat, never have been, but the Republican party is untenable at this point.
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Then you havent been paying attention frankly. The nastiness can be traced back to around when Biden went into the race. Why Biden? Well it was Bernie's first big dip in the polls. To make up for it, Bernie's campaign went after Warren.
Basically whenever Bernie needs poll boost, they prefer to attack Warren, some strategy to consolidate the leftist primary vote.
They've been accusing Warren of being a republican, in bed with banks, etc. If you want a timeline, read some headlines from Jacobin over the past year. They're basically Bernie' online teen fanzine, well other than Teen Vogue.
No doubt there's some amplification from Putin bots. Putin loves to attack women as well, as he sees feminism as one of those "decadent western" things destroying his world.
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None of them are with it when they speak. The youth vote is meaningless in the way you mention. We're talking about their ages, not just who supports them. All three are well into the back 9 of their lives.
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Bernie energized them last cycle and still lost by 4 million votes in the primary. The knives are out. Media is actually starting to vet him. AND he's going to be stuck in Washington for at least 2 weeks leading up to the Iowa caucuses. Expect his polling to drop after this debate as CNN will absolutely bring his past.
Um not true. Young people dont show up for mostly laziness and not even remembering to go. Especially for primaries. Bernie has high polling numbers but i bet people straight up forget to go. Older generations especially retires just have more time on their hands to take the time to go and vote. This will be his big down fall and he wont make it through the primaries.
So remember how Bernie was all for getting dark money out of politics? He forgot to tell Our Revolution and Justice Dems, who are now running attack ads against Biden and Buttigieg.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/justi...b650c621e447c9
And the youth doesn't participate enough to swing elections, by age he is a boomer it's not inaccurate not sure why that's a problem. As for the general election no one knows how that will go if you do please give me some lottery numbers because from now until November that a million Trump scandals and craziness away.
Has to be Sanders. Go with Biden and enjoy another L
Frankly, I like Sanders a little better than Biden, but either is going to be fine with me. In reality, I only care about one thing, who has a better shot at defeating Trump. I'm no political scientist working with a quality polling outfit, but from what I've seen, in the places that really matter (MI, WI, PA, MN) with the groups that really matter, it seems like Biden has a better shot at that than Sanders, so right now, I'm leaning Biden.
All that being said, were Warren to drop out and Sanders able to consolidate the more progressive primary voters, I think he'd win the nomination. I think Warren and Sanders are splitting the more progressive types fairly evenly whereas Biden isn't losing nearly as much as a percentage of moderates to Mayor Pete & Klobuchar.
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