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Bucky

(54,013 posts)
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 05:31 PM Mar 2020

The Best Reason to vote for Elizabeth Warren Tuesday

People here are saying Warren will be out after Super Tuesday. That might (or might not) be true. But you should vote for her anyway

1. If you want her to have any voice in the convention, she needs delegates. Warren needs your vote for her to gain delegates to sit in the platform committees that wired the 2020 Democratic Platform. Just a few will do to put her voice and ideas at the table.

If you were attracted to Warren for her ideas, this will get them heard. And hers are you the right ideas.

2. If you're trying to "stop Bernie", you want Warren to do as good as possible. About half of her support will go to Sanders when she leaves the race, according to a DU survey I did last week. (It's qualitative data, not quantitative data, but it's quite convincing. I'll post results and another thread tonight after I've finished looking at the numbers)

3. If you're concerned about Biden being a vulnerable candidate because of his establishment ties and opposition to expanding Medicare, then you want to give Elizabeth Warren more leverage in discussing our issues as she leaves the race. So again, voting for her now helps that cause.

4. Don't you want to give her at least one shot at beating the Bloomberg's numbers the only time they're on the ballot together?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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blm

(113,059 posts)
1. Plus, Biden needs a strong Warren to keep Sanders numbers low enough
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 05:47 PM
Mar 2020

that he can slip past him in some states beyond Tuesday.

Also to throw a block or two at Bloomberg should he decide to stay in.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Frances

(8,545 posts)
2. If Biden and Warren each get 13%
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 05:49 PM
Mar 2020

Neither will get any delegates in CA, my delegate rich state
I have decided to vote for Biden because he has the best chance to get 15%
The party listened to Warren when the senate was in Dem control and they will listen to her again

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Bucky

(54,013 posts)
4. Does California award its delegates statewide, or district-by-district?
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 05:53 PM
Mar 2020

If it's district by district, then you don't have to worry about statewide totals. You'll still get delegates.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Kaleva

(36,298 posts)
9. I think it's both.
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 09:09 PM
Mar 2020

50% of delegates are awarded on statewide results and the rest awarded to how one does in each district.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Moderateguy

(945 posts)
13. 66% percent are district wide and 33% statewide
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 01:02 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
3. Which establishment is it that Biden is tied to? I get
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 05:51 PM
Mar 2020

Confused about it, and it’s existence, and whom is a part of it, depending on who one supports.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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Bucky

(54,013 posts)
5. Lol
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 05:54 PM
Mar 2020

It's all those money bundlers on Wall Street and in Chicago and in Los Angeles...

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Frances

(8,545 posts)
10. I thought Biden didn't have any money now
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 11:46 PM
Mar 2020

And I don’t think he spent much before now
I didn’t see any ads

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barbtries

(28,793 posts)
6. i've mulled it over and over
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 07:28 PM
Mar 2020

and arrived back at where i was when the candidates first started signing up: I'm voting my choice for President in the primary, and whoever is running against trump in November.

yeah I'll be voting for #Warren2020 come Tuesday.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

NNadir

(33,517 posts)
8. It would be a hard choice for me, Joe or Liz.
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 09:07 PM
Mar 2020

At the end of the day, I'm purely ABS, "anybody but Sanders."

I really like Ms. Warren though; she has an outstanding mind, which, despite her age, is sharp, focused and fine tuned.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

pecosbob

(7,538 posts)
11. The GOP is a criminal organization. Warren has said she will put them in jail. I voted for her.
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 12:28 AM
Mar 2020

It's that simple. We are where we are today because no one put the Reagan administrations's lawbreakers in jail. We are where we are today because no one from Bush's administration went to jail for phony WMDs. This madness has to stop or we abandon the rule of law altogether.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,343 posts)
12. Warren doesn't just identify problems, she identifies the sources and plans of attack.
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 01:00 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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