Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumWhy Bernie Sanders Stood Out at the Iowa State Fair
New York TimesHe spoke to almost no one.
Most presidential candidates use the 10-day Iowa State Fair to showcase their retail campaigning skills, because it is one of the best opportunities to meet a wide cross-section of voters before the caucuses in February. Mr. Sanderss approach to the event on Sunday stride briskly, wave occasionally, converse infrequently underscored how he has grounded his campaign in championing ideas rather than establishing human connections.
His lectern-pounding, impersonal campaign style served him well during his first presidential run, especially here in Iowa, where his near-victory in the caucuses against Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of State, transformed him into a threat for the Democratic nomination.
Yet even as his campaign seeks to project its strength in early primary states, there are signs in Iowa polls, conversations with local officials and discussions with dozens of voters suggesting that Mr. Sanders, 77, may be struggling to gain traction in the state that fueled his political rise.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Autumn
(45,120 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,361 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,361 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Autumn
(45,120 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,361 posts)Posing for a meat on a stick photo op or standing in front of a group of people (after aides have cleared anyone in front of you) so a picture can be taken aren't pictures of BS interacting.
There is some truth, however, in the claim that pictures don't lie.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Candidates sitting on stage aren't going to show a lot of interaction with the crowd. Done here, the pictures showed Ember lied. Not going to argue that nonsense.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,361 posts)and you're doing it based on pictures at Heavy that show BS speaking at a podium, posing with meat on a stick, and standing in front of group of people?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,361 posts)From the Des Moines Register:
He also did not take questions from the Soapbox crowd, as did most of the other candidates. But his fervent fans, some of whom were asked by staffers to give the candidate distance, did not mind chanting, "Bernie, Bernie, Bernie," when they spotted him.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/08/12/iowa-politics-presidential-candidates-2020-style-contrast-caucus-sanders-warren-harris-buttigieg/1992336001/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,361 posts)with the people in the crowd rather than of sitting in the candidate's section while he waited for his turn to speak.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,361 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Uncle Joe
(58,459 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Bernie. Energetic crowd.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Her crowd was matched only by the one assembled for Bernie Sanders, the U.S. senator from Vermont.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/08/12/iowa-politics-presidential-candidates-2020-style-contrast-caucus-sanders-warren-harris-buttigieg/1992336001/
This is local IA news reporting
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,361 posts)He also did not take questions from the Soapbox crowd, as did most of the other candidates. But his fervent fans, some of whom were asked by staffers to give the candidate distance, did not mind chanting, "Bernie, Bernie, Bernie," when they spotted him.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/08/12/iowa-politics-presidential-candidates-2020-style-contrast-caucus-sanders-warren-harris-buttigieg/1992336001/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lunasun
(21,646 posts)suggesting that Mr. Sanders, 77, may be struggling to gain traction in the state that fueled his political rise
Your excerpt does not give that impression
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,361 posts)is the lede in the BS section of the article. Here's is what the Des Moines Register said about BS in its entirety
Sanders, who arrived in Iowa on Friday, used his time on the Register's Soapbox to hearken back to the transformative moment Iowans delivered for his ideas four years ago. It was at the Iowa State Fair four years ago that a massive crowd and a rousing Soapbox speech confirmed that he had momentum in Iowa.
"When I came here four years ago, many of the ideas that I talked about, at that point, seemed very, very radical and kind of extreme," Sanders said at a town hall before the Soapbox. "Well, it turned out they were not so radical or extreme for the people of Iowa."
Sanders drew hordes around him as he walked the fairgrounds and, unlike other candidates, generally did not stop to talk to people.
He also did not take questions from the Soapbox crowd, as did most of the other candidates. But his fervent fans, some of whom were asked by staffers to give the candidate distance, did not mind chanting, "Bernie, Bernie, Bernie," when they spotted him.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/08/12/iowa-politics-presidential-candidates-2020-style-contrast-caucus-sanders-warren-harris-buttigieg/1992336001/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
corbettkroehler
(1,898 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided