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NYCButterfinger

(755 posts)
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 08:14 PM Jan 2016

I think I'm still undecided between Hillary and Bernie

I will watch the Democratic presidential debates on Sunday and I think once I see who has a good record, I will make a decision. I'm tough on Bernie's proposals because it seems unrealistic, but I want to hear more.

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randys1

(16,286 posts)
2. Just find out who Nate says has the better chance of winning the WH
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 08:16 PM
Jan 2016
http://fivethirtyeight.com/contributors/nate-silver/

That is what I am hoping to do..I find the rightwing so vile, so disgusting, that this is ALL I care about

Which one can win
 

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
13. Then you may want to look at more than one source.
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 09:37 PM
Jan 2016

If you really do care and are not just looking for someone to tell you what you want to hear.


SCantiGOP

(13,868 posts)
14. "More than one source"
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 10:03 PM
Jan 2016

That is exactly what Nate Silver does. He doesn't poll or predict; he is a math and statistics expert and he aggregates all the data he can find to draw a conclusion.

Remember, in 2008 he correctly predicted 49 of 50 states; no one else came close to that. He had NC and Indiana as toss-ups, and at the last minute he gave NC to Obama and IN to McCain, but Obama surprisingly carried both.

riversedge

(70,182 posts)
3. Munch on these as you watch and listen...
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 08:17 PM
Jan 2016

Enjoy


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virgogal

(10,178 posts)
5. Just vote for the most honest one.
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 08:32 PM
Jan 2016

Honesty is always a positive trait in someone you want to rely upon.

Empowerer

(3,900 posts)
10. I don't think it's hard at all
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 09:31 PM
Jan 2016

There's no need to suggest that the OP is ignorant. It sounds like they are very knowledgeable and very thoughtful - everyone doesn't have their mind made up, notwithstanding what we see on DU.

 

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
12. Unrealistic? I'll give you unrealistic....
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 09:34 PM
Jan 2016
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/mar/05/barack-obama/Obama-goes-back-to-his-Republican-roots-on-health-/


^snip^



"Teddy Roosevelt first called for (health care) reform nearly a century ago."
— Barack Obama on Thursday, March 5th, 2009 in a White House conference on health care.




Many of the greatest ideas in history were unrealistic at the time. It was still right for Teddy to voice that opinion.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
15. If you like jousting windmills, have you considered O'Malley?
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 10:38 PM
Jan 2016

I still think he's the best choice, despite his campaign's looking more and more tenuous.

 

NYCButterfinger

(755 posts)
16. I look at all of the issues. Some of Bernie's proposals are good, but I want to know how he's going
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 10:52 PM
Jan 2016

to pay for it.

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