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Showing Original Post only (View all)Poll: If you could have Hillary Or Bernie for President, who would you pick?? [View all]
Forget if you think they are electable.
If you could magically pick the next president, who would you pick??
425 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
Hillary | |
37 (9%) |
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Bernie | |
388 (91%) |
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Poll: If you could have Hillary Or Bernie for President, who would you pick?? [View all]
Logical
Apr 2015
OP
Hey, is it okay to steal your Bernie logo? I've love to have that on my posts too.
trillion
May 2015
#367
.. Well, yes.. perhaps you were so busy collecting 35,000 hits to see the fax..
OLDMADAM
Jun 2015
#407
My my are you sensitive, to start and insinuate something with the number of posts I have. In fact
still_one
Jun 2015
#412
I am not fighting you. I was just commenting on some of your assumptions. I agree, I will
still_one
Jun 2015
#415
We will have to agree to disagree. I believe Bernie can win, & Hillary cannot.
peacebird
Jun 2015
#429
I've been a registered Green for decades. I've not voted for a Democrat or any other party for
Luminous Animal
Apr 2015
#3
The Iowa Caucus is 8+ months away. Bernie could gain an awful lot of ground from now till Jan 2017
INdemo
May 2015
#272
I've campaigned for more Dems than any other party combined. San Francisco is
Luminous Animal
Apr 2015
#49
I figure that I can invest time in the early stages and then switch to local when those campaigns
Luminous Animal
Apr 2015
#50
It is a bit complicated in California. I can vote Dem IF the party, prior to election, designate
Luminous Animal
May 2015
#291
Great. As I said on another thread, Bernie's run is doing great things for the party, including
merrily
May 2015
#295
PS, It might be good to send the Democratic Party of California a reminder about allowing
merrily
May 2015
#296
Good idea. And I will pass that to our Democrat club to pass that on to other state
Luminous Animal
May 2015
#297
As much as I love Bernie, frankly I couldn't bear to watch him be torn apart like so many Dem
Stardust
Apr 2015
#4
Which is not the equivalent of him never getting torn apart in the media. -eom
gcomeau
May 2015
#281
My hair turned white before 50. And I think BO is a "sticks or stones" kinda guy.
Elmer S. E. Dump
May 2015
#284
It's what he wanted--twice. Loving a candidate too much to vote for him doesn't ring true.
merrily
May 2015
#288
Ok, thank you. I get discouraged from time to time. Go Bernie, I've got your back. Let's do this! Nt
Stardust
May 2015
#244
I guess it is subjective but to these eyes you're cuter and it isn't particularly close.
TheKentuckian
Apr 2015
#85
Superman ever been invited, and attended a Bilderberg conference ???
orpupilofnature57
Apr 2015
#153
The question was if I could magically pick the winner of the primary and general...
Dem2
Apr 2015
#19
Agree. VP versus popular, high profile, liberal Senator? I'd stay in the Senate.
merrily
May 2015
#311
These results are really something. The minority of Hillary supporters sure do make a metric ton of
Ed Suspicious
Apr 2015
#31
Not at all. Just commenting that you all sound a lot bigger than you are.
Ed Suspicious
Apr 2015
#113
and the country. just not du. especially in a poll about magically picking candidates. nt
La Lioness Priyanka
May 2015
#267
I noticed that some posters are thrilled that the Sanders group has more subscribers than...
hrmjustin
Apr 2015
#127
I like a lot of his ideas and find him to lack pretense or artifice.
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2015
#131
Yes they would, even though I'm sure they'll say otherwise. DU has long been inhospitable to
Metric System
Apr 2015
#142
Viability in the general election is a valid concern that's explicitly excluded
geek tragedy
Apr 2015
#119
I agree with you. I don't think she can win nationally, unless her opponent is someone
Marr
May 2015
#229
I think Hillary is vulnerable because her nom will bring every R out to vote against her.
peacebird
May 2015
#227
To be fair it's a web poll and I don't see some of the people whom I know are H supporters
Ed Suspicious
Apr 2015
#37
He isn't appearing on television very much yet, so beyond DU he's still unkown.
arcane1
Apr 2015
#63
I think in the context of this poll they "took their ball and went home". n/t
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#290
Do you think your needs, wants and dreams are that different from those of other USians?
merrily
May 2015
#306
I want to hear their actual positions on a number of issues, before I decide.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#75
I am a bit of a political junkie, so I am familiar with Bernie's track record.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#124
actually, the first is just making good hiring decisions. As to handling the media...
magical thyme
Apr 2015
#84
Bernie in this binary world of the primary. Either of them in the real world of the general. n/t
pampango
Apr 2015
#89
Yes and it's very significant. People who participate at DU are more likely to be opinion
totodeinhere
Apr 2015
#101
Very true, every election cycle I drive carloads of people to vote that cannot make it.
Rex
Apr 2015
#144
Tally looks like the disparity between the HRC room membership and DU in general
Cosmic Kitten
Apr 2015
#107
LOL, if you need proof Hillary supporters are jealous of Bernie, your post is it! nt
Logical
Apr 2015
#133
So the DU is a magical place that only attracts bernie supporters? Or that we know Hillary....
Logical
Apr 2015
#140
DU attracts people that tend to be further to the left than most Democratic voters. You say that
Metric System
Apr 2015
#145
If it were the other way around, all of a sudden DU would be representative of the country
sabrina 1
May 2015
#199
no, there is no proof of this, and much proof of the other statement.
La Lioness Priyanka
May 2015
#268
My bubble will burst IF he can pulls these numbers in a real poll. I'm waiting...
Metric System
Apr 2015
#139
It's amazing how some on DU have managed to belittle and demonize Hillary supporters when their
Metric System
May 2015
#192
So what you are telling me is that in April the only declared candidate was way ahead?
LondonReign2
May 2015
#212
So Hillary supporters aren't level headed and caring, even though we comprise the majority of
Metric System
May 2015
#191
Get ready for disappointment. I think she will run a terrible campaign in the GE. nt
Logical
May 2015
#193
how many times are we going to have to listen to this tired old line? Time to use the ignore
liberal_at_heart
May 2015
#210
Just remember that we are a tiny minority when your preferred conservative candidates
LondonReign2
May 2015
#241
I'll take Bernie. Charisma to me is honesty, integrity, courage, strength of character.
sabrina 1
May 2015
#209
That's what amazed me too... LOL! In real world Bernie raised more $$$ in first 24 hours than any R
peacebird
May 2015
#228
As I have noted earlier, I beieve there are more Progressives in DU than in the general
Cal33
May 2015
#230
I believe there are people working at getting more of the population to register. At the
Cal33
May 2015
#243
Yep. Splitting the vote is a disaster for the portion of the electorate doing it.
The Second Stone
May 2015
#321
You are repeating memes designed to take the country right. No Presidential election is explained
merrily
May 2015
#318
Agreed 100% about Sam Dunn! I loved the hell out of his movie, and was pleased to hear he had a show
arcane1
May 2015
#383
That's actually good news for Bernie that after only a few days he has already passed
totodeinhere
May 2015
#286
A few days vs 15-20 years, little name recognition vs. maximum possible name recognition, little
merrily
May 2015
#308
Every time I come across this poll, the numbers get higher, but the percentages stay the same.
merrily
May 2015
#312
Bernie, but obviously I can't pick the president at all, let alone by magic
LeftishBrit
May 2015
#314
It amazes me that 91% picked Bernie. When I started this poll I guessed maybe 60-40 for Bernie! nt
Logical
May 2015
#346
Astroturfing campaigns use on average ten online personas per employee.
woo me with science
May 2015
#348
I bet in 2008, you would have had similar results with Kucinich winning. eom
MohRokTah
May 2015
#349
So many DUers wanting to go back to having an old white dude as president. (nt)
Nye Bevan
May 2015
#355
She blew a twenty point lead last time. She has a fifty point lead this time:
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#363
I'll have to see how Sanders handles a national campaign before I can answer
Recursion
May 2015
#372
I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
Jun 2015
#405
"do I want someone who identifies and then addresses problems, or do I want my genitals and knees
MisterP
Jun 2015
#425
I'm sure there were a lot of people that preferred Hillary, the real Democrat?
SaranchaIsWaiting
Jun 2015
#440
I will make up my mind on June 7, 2016, when California holds its primary.
Agnosticsherbet
Aug 2015
#451