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wildeyed

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28. Not sure that he does.

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 09:17 PM

Jan 2016

He has made inroads with liberal whites. Not so much with AA and more conservative Dems. He is very far behind there. Not sure how much he needs to make up to actually win. I am not usually all that into primaries. I much prefer beating the holy heck out of the GOP to pissing on other Dems, but that's me.....

I assume this has been posted here, but it is new to me.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/upshot/why-bernie-sanderss-momentum-is-not-built-to-last.html

Here is FiveThirtyEight on the percentage of white liberals in each state. New Hampshire and Iowa are among the highest.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/bernie-sanders-could-win-iowa-and-new-hampshire-then-lose-everywhere-else/

The newest number I could find about her favorability in the AA community pegged it at 75%

It is so weird that I kind of feel like white "liberals" are my enemy right now. I AM a white liberal But I thought that also involved respect for diversity, among other things.... My bad.

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I will need to find a place to celebrate if somehow Bernie does win. [View all] randys1 Jan 2016 OP

If he wins Coolest Ranger Jan 2016 #1

If this were a safe place for liberals to talk, I would ask you what you mean, I will PM you randys1 Jan 2016 #2

i like him but i don't think he is what some try to make him out to be JI7 Jan 2016 #4

It's going to be really ugly if Hillary wins south carolina JI7 Jan 2016 #3

Has a poll been done of AfAm voters as to which candidate they are picking? randys1 Jan 2016 #5

last poll I remember, Bernie got 10% of the AA vote steve2470 Jan 2016 #6

Yeah...I dont know who to worry about more, the overt rightwingers who randys1 Jan 2016 #7

I sincerely believe that it is still a BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #8

I wonder what the AfAm vote looks like as of today, gonna go look at rcp and see randys1 Jan 2016 #9

11% on this poll steve2470 Jan 2016 #10

Yeah, thanks, it has changed for sure. Here is the rub, lets say it is now 20% or something randys1 Jan 2016 #11

My answers JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #15

i don't even think they are for bernie as much as hating the dem party JI7 Jan 2016 #18

I understand the frustration with the Democratic Party JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #20

this isn't that type of frustration JI7 Jan 2016 #22

I know JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #24

Nothing "kind of" about it Number23 Jan 2016 #31

An O'Malley thread yesterday JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #32

I expect O'Malley to increase his attacks on Sanders soon Number23 Jan 2016 #35

If you want to play around with EC numbers wildeyed Jan 2016 #21

I would vote too JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #25

I didn't see those posts. wildeyed Jan 2016 #29

Just saw some Sanders "supporters" ONCE AGAIN beating up on you for not showing proper Number23 Jan 2016 #30

I must have missed that one, I am attacked all day everyday here for the sin randys1 Jan 2016 #33

this more recent poll says 12% steve2470 Jan 2016 #13

I don't think he's going to win JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #12

Trump as president. My god, the comedy writes itself, but the people he would randys1 Jan 2016 #14

I absolutely do JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #19

I agree completely steve2470 Jan 2016 #16

Yes it is. wildeyed Jan 2016 #17

Thanks. The goal of certain folks is to bloody Hillary so badly that she loses in the GE randys1 Jan 2016 #23

Trumps supporters are going to be out for blood JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #26

Not sure that he does. wildeyed Jan 2016 #28

The demonizing of democratic institutions has yielded very short term gains, IMHO. HRC will be the Tarheel_Dem Jan 2016 #27

It doesn't feel the same as when Obama was running in 2008... Stellar Jan 2016 #34