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thesquanderer

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78. Most of the people in the poll who say they would never vote for a socialist...

Tue Feb 18, 2020, 12:35 PM

Feb 2020

...are republicans, who will probably never vote for ANYONE we put up. You can't lose the vote of someone who you never had to begin with.

Also, people's reaction to a specific candidate do not always align with how they react to something in the abstract.

Show me polls of people saying they would not vote for Sanders in particular. I haven't seen any where he doesn't poll better than any other candidate we have other than Biden. If Sanders is unelectable., then every other non-Biden candidate is even less electable. So this is not an argument against Sanders, it's an argument for Biden, which is a different conversation.

(aside: I don't think we yet have enough polling on Bloomberg to say anything too definitive about his relative chances.)

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

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DU Poll: Bloomberg or Sanders? [View all] thesquanderer Feb 2020 OP

I would have to let said recipe simmer. dchill Feb 2020 #1

bernie is fair on policy but zero on person, bloomberg is repub lite but better on person nt msongs Feb 2020 #2

Progressive taxation, reproductive rights, gun control, environmental protection... brooklynite Feb 2020 #21

Republican lite means not a socialist. comradebillyboy Feb 2020 #62

DEMOCRATIC Socialist... brooklynite Feb 2020 #63

I'm pretty sure I know what a social democrat is but I am not so comradebillyboy Feb 2020 #64

He's pretty liberal for a former Republican. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #27

So, death by spoon or fork question, eh? nt Quackers Feb 2020 #3

Neither of them! (I voted other.) n/t CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2020 #4

Last Sunday's poll, with about 400 responses: highplainsdem Feb 2020 #5

Oh wow.. I did vote in that poll.. Thanks Cha Feb 2020 #12

Ah, I'd missed that. Though it seems more conceivable this week than last! n/t thesquanderer Feb 2020 #31

Yes, it does. And Sanders is doing better in this poll because, judging by comments I saw, some highplainsdem Feb 2020 #40

Bloomberg in a heartbeat. tritsofme Feb 2020 #6

I find this opinion article on Bloomberg concerning - does he like the dictators? womanofthehills Feb 2020 #67

Ask yourself a question. Which of these 2 candidates would democratisphere Feb 2020 #7

re:"Ask yourself which of these 2 candidates would appeal to the greatest number of eligible voters? thesquanderer Feb 2020 #66

He definitely won't be appealing to any younger voters womanofthehills Feb 2020 #69

Sanders. Bloomberg used to be a zentrum Feb 2020 #8

You really should learn more about Bloomberg, since you don't understand his political highplainsdem Feb 2020 #11

Might as well draft Romney MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #13

re: "wouldn't it be great to do so as enthusiastically as we did for Barack Obama?" thesquanderer Feb 2020 #32

So much truth, so little appreciation for it Doremus Feb 2020 #42

+1. JudyM Feb 2020 #75

Didn't Warren "used to be a Republican"? Tarheel_Dem Feb 2020 #23

Much longer ago, and never actively working to defeat Dems, AFAIK, so... thesquanderer Feb 2020 #35

Well alrighty then.... Tarheel_Dem Feb 2020 #43

I never set any goal posts here, so I couldn't have moved them. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #60

lol Elizabeth Warren used to be a Republican ! stonecutter357 Feb 2020 #51

So was Warren. And it was political. He had the best chance too win this Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #53

So, Bloomberg was originally a Dem and switched to being a Republican in 2001 womanofthehills Feb 2020 #68

So much Bernie hate on this forum. OliverQ Feb 2020 #9

where? I dont think he is fit to be a president but that dont mean I hate him nt msongs Feb 2020 #10

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #15

Not wanting him to be the nominee isn't the same thing as hate. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #50

He earned it. He should have been there for Clinton during the general in 16. Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #55

you get a heart !!!!!!! trueblue2007 Feb 2020 #14

:-) thesquanderer Feb 2020 #36

God, that's just depressing enough that it probably will be the final choice Recursion Feb 2020 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Feb 2020 #17

I migrated to Klobuchar over the past week or so without really noticing Recursion Feb 2020 #18

No MFM008 Feb 2020 #19

Which one is the Socialist? NurseJackie Feb 2020 #20

Ugh. Codeine Feb 2020 #22

Bloomberg because he'll beat Trump gollygee Feb 2020 #24

I think Bloomberg's biggest advantage is cash, but since he's promised... thesquanderer Feb 2020 #37

Considering Bloomberg HockeyMom Feb 2020 #25

Bloomberg's more likely to beat Trump than Sanders. Don't make the perfect the enemy of the good. chia Feb 2020 #26

I'm not sure who's stronger against Trump, especially if we have Bloomberg's money either way. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #65

Very curious to see how it goes here in California too! chia Feb 2020 #70

Bernie... myohmy2 Feb 2020 #28

Bloomberg is my absolute last choice Amishman Feb 2020 #29

I want to say something about Mike, where he grew up, I hope it is informative. clippership Feb 2020 #30

... Fix The Stupid Feb 2020 #34

I also find the poll humorous as hell. nt fleabiscuit Feb 2020 #44

no question Nikki28 Feb 2020 #33

Sanders is un electable Gothmog Feb 2020 #38

So was Trump. (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2020 #74

Socialism will kill both sanders and down ballot candidates Gothmog Feb 2020 #76

Most of the people in the poll who say they would never vote for a socialist... thesquanderer Feb 2020 #78

trump reall wants to run against a weak and unelectable candidate like sanders Gothmog Feb 2020 #81

Never Bloomberg for me n/t Devil Child Feb 2020 #39

But Gabbard's ok? Squinch Feb 2020 #79

Hell yeah! Devil Child Feb 2020 #80

Unless it's Sanders v Gabbard... Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #41

I'd have to wait for a debate before deciding. musicblind Feb 2020 #45

Poll: Americans Won't Vote for a Socialist Gothmog Feb 2020 #46

Read the fine print. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #47

socialism" is a red flag for Republicans and Republican-leaners Gothmog Feb 2020 #49

Here we are, 2 polls, 500? responses, over 5000 views. Somehow . . . ? empedocles Feb 2020 #52

Ok, but a Sanders candidacy would not be designed to appeal to... thesquanderer Feb 2020 #58

That actually makes it worse. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #56

re: "The fact that 24% of Democrats wouldn't consider voting for a socialist is not good" thesquanderer Feb 2020 #59

Any other year, Sanders. This year, Bloomberg Azathoth Feb 2020 #48

Not surprised by this at all. honest.abe Feb 2020 #54

Bloomberg Movbez4 Feb 2020 #57

K & R Duppers Feb 2020 #61

The winner. (n/t) Iggo Feb 2020 #71

I don't think that DU is representative of the Democratic Party. totodeinhere Feb 2020 #72

LOL PDittie Feb 2020 #83

Yea, I guess that's pretty obvious but I felt like mentioning it anyway. n/t totodeinhere Feb 2020 #84

Not a fan of Bloomberg, but.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #73

I'm guessing the residual dislike of what Sanders did to the Party in 2016 stopbush Feb 2020 #77

I think so to. Kaleva Feb 2020 #82

I would simply abstain from voting in the primary and vote for whoever the nominee was in November. Midwestern Democrat Feb 2020 #85