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Showing Original Post only (View all)DU Poll: Bloomberg or Sanders? [View all]
If it came down to Bloomberg and Sanders, who would you support?
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Bloomberg | |
61 (55%) |
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Sanders | |
43 (39%) |
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I'd wait to see a debate with the two of them before deciding | |
6 (5%) |
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Other answer (comment below) | |
0 (0%) |
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5 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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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
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
I find this opinion article on Bloomberg concerning - does he like the dictators?
womanofthehills
Feb 2020
#67
re:"Ask yourself which of these 2 candidates would appeal to the greatest number of eligible voters?
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#66
You really should learn more about Bloomberg, since you don't understand his political
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
#11
re: "wouldn't it be great to do so as enthusiastically as we did for Barack Obama?"
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#32
So, Bloomberg was originally a Dem and switched to being a Republican in 2001
womanofthehills
Feb 2020
#68
where? I dont think he is fit to be a president but that dont mean I hate him nt
msongs
Feb 2020
#10
He earned it. He should have been there for Clinton during the general in 16.
Demsrule86
Feb 2020
#55
I think Bloomberg's biggest advantage is cash, but since he's promised...
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#37
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
I want to say something about Mike, where he grew up, I hope it is informative.
clippership
Feb 2020
#30
Most of the people in the poll who say they would never vote for a socialist...
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#78
re: "The fact that 24% of Democrats wouldn't consider voting for a socialist is not good"
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#59
Yea, I guess that's pretty obvious but I felt like mentioning it anyway. n/t
totodeinhere
Feb 2020
#84
I would simply abstain from voting in the primary and vote for whoever the nominee was in November.
Midwestern Democrat
Feb 2020
#85