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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Nate Silver predicts Bernie Super Tuesday dominance [View all]demgrrrll
(3,590 posts)109. Absolutely right. I thought that Iowa was 91 + percent white. 4% African American but
AA make up 26 % of the Iowa prison population and if you are a felon you can never vote in Iowa.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Yeah..Someone tweeted that maybe something was wrong with him and could someone check.
Scurrilous
Feb 2020
#92
Nuts! And wrong! Thank you. I did not know HOW it was nuts until you posted. Infuriating.
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#110
I'm assuming his model is factoring in poll changes based on expected earlier results.
Kentonio
Feb 2020
#112
Thank you. Amazing how easily Biden is dismissed over two little white states when,
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#21
Criminal of Silver to make this pronouncement about Bernie, which flies in the face of common
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#58
How many "minority" people, slamming them all together, do you think even caucused in
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#56
Absolutely right. I thought that Iowa was 91 + percent white. 4% African American but
demgrrrll
Feb 2020
#109
Biden has been dismissed from the same usual supporters since he entered the race
still_one
Feb 2020
#55
Bernie blew the bank and wasted the efforts of 25,000 people to get .55% of delegates needed to win.
Scurrilous
Feb 2020
#59
The states don't get any bigger or more diverse because you depict Biden's falling behind in them
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#62
Bernie crushed your candidate as well. If she doesn't make top 2 in her neighboring
redstateblues
Feb 2020
#85
Biden was vice president for 8 years to the most popular president in recent history.
Tiggeroshii
Feb 2020
#45
Not hard to predict. Biden is collapsing & Mayor Pete will struggle in a lot of these states.
Drunken Irishman
Feb 2020
#7
There's a difference between calling Sanders a socialist and calling Bloomberg one.
TwilightZone
Feb 2020
#69
Since you actually are not supporting Biden, as you believe he is "collapsing," why don't you choose
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#11
I have never seen any candidate's supporter describe with such certainty the premature demise
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#83
I've never seen a candidate come in a distant third or fourth in either IA or NH and win the nom
Drunken Irishman
Feb 2020
#91
Thought he's toast immediately following a less than stellar night at Tuesday's debate. Are you
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#99
LOL If you are going to persist with this post numbers to back up your claim.
Scurrilous
Feb 2020
#12
He very well may lose this second little homogeneous state. So? He leads in polls in TEN states
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#33
Yeah. Like the stock market. The people who panic make it worse. Supporters do well to stay steady.
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#70
You prosecute your anti-Biden case with skill. This makes for a great closing argument.
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#101
Yeah, so it's on to a billionaire who supported Shrub to save us from The Bern!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2020
#44
Well, this is what stock holders do when the news is bad. Then the news gets worse. Why don't you
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#27
Oh at this point I'm still very much in the Biden camp but if the winds shift
underthematrix
Feb 2020
#38
I'll never get on his bandwagon but I will definitely vote for him if he's the nominee
underthematrix
Feb 2020
#66
I've discovered what makes Bernie supporters faint/run the fuck away: facts and numbers.
Scurrilous
Feb 2020
#57
No, Anyone in their right mind knows Sanders is 1 billion times better than Trump...the issue is
Demsrule86
Feb 2020
#119
I disagree. People want change, we saw it in the Republican primary four years ago. I
jalan48
Feb 2020
#120
Please stop with the status quo stuff...Trump is the status quo and no Democrat wants that.
Demsrule86
Feb 2020
#121
Please stop with the naivete. Bernie or Warren are the only ones who stand a chance of beating Trump
jalan48
Feb 2020
#122
Joe lacks the sizzle and Bloomberg-well, why would a voter be motivated to vote for not only
jalan48
Feb 2020
#133
And last month, a Bernie suRgE!!!! was predicted too. This prophecy seems just as viable.
LanternWaste
Feb 2020
#117