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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Hillary Camp is incorrect to insist that *72% of Sanders supporters will vote for Hillary* [View all]SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)32. I have to say,,,
I'm with you. I not black, latina or a woman, and I will write in my vote too, for the FIRST time ever. I'm nothing but an old fart(baby boomer), but most old farts that I know are either not going to show up for HRC or pencil in Bernie.
HRC is going to be in for quite a shock, since she refuses to listen to anyone when it comes to supporting the strongest candidate against Trump and WIN for the Dems. And to think that a year ago, no one thought she'd lose, or even have any competition from the other side. My oh my. It is going to be painful to watch. The sad part is WE ALL LOSE is Bernie drops out.
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The Hillary Camp is incorrect to insist that *72% of Sanders supporters will vote for Hillary* [View all]
JimDandy
May 2016
OP
That ISN"T asking you to leave. As I matter of fact, I said I'd welcome your analysis
JimDandy
May 2016
#27
If she's the nominee, we'll see soon enough. Meanwhile, she should be VERY grateful Trump is such a
merrily
May 2016
#5
Who cares about polls months away from the election?? Hillary is the Democratic nominee.
Sancho
May 2016
#8
Hillary's initial campaign roll-out was based entirely on polls - well over a year and a
djean111
May 2016
#14
Apparently lots of your team mates care. They have posted this many times on DU this week.
JimDandy
May 2016
#15
All this speculative nonsense is a waste of time, as Bernie says, people are starving in
pdsimdars
May 2016
#17
Good grief, that isn't at all what my post said, so I stopped reading any more of yours
JimDandy
May 2016
#26
Yes, that ridiculously high percent sounded really off. Parsing and analyzing the details
JimDandy
May 2016
#60
I agree with your assessment. When it comes down between the Democratic nominee or trump
still_one
May 2016
#54
They're running for President of the United States, not president of the Democrats and Independents
TwilightZone
May 2016
#48
No one does. Besides, how often have we heard polls mocked when they don't support Sanders?
randome
May 2016
#44
Progressive supporters of Bernie who won't vote for Hillary, would also never vote Trump.
JimDandy
May 2016
#55
There will be a lot of Bernie write ins, votes for Jill Stein, and blank
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#57
I'm considering Stein. The Green Party's platform is way more progressive than HRC's.
EndElectoral
May 2016
#63
Without a doubt. It's clear they want to send a message that neither Clinton or Trump
JimDandy
May 2016
#65