Democrats Are Extraordinarily United Behind Biden

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/08/democrats-are-extraordinarily-united-behind-biden/

Democrats Are Extraordinarily United Behind Biden
July 8, 2020 at 7:36 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Nate Cohn: “Over all, voters in the battleground states who said Bernie Sanders was their top choice for president said they backed Mr. Biden over President Trump, 87% to 4%. If there was a Bernie-or-Bust movement, it has either faded with the conclusion of the Democratic race, or it never existed in serious numbers in the battleground states.”

“Mr. Biden commands even more significant support from voters who supported Elizabeth Warren in the primary. The Democrats who said she was their top choice to be the Democratic nominee backed Mr. Biden over Mr. Trump by a staggering margin of 96% to 0% — even wider than Mr. Biden’s 96-1 lead among those who said he was their top choice in the Democratic primary.”

[TreasonousBastard]

1. A good part of that must be being united against Trump.

[Clash City Rocker]

2. Normally, running against your opponent doesn't work

You have to provide something positive to run for. You have to inspire people. But Trump is so despised, by so many people, that it’s working this time.

Biden does inspire me, but mainly because he’s sane and a grown-up, and he can fix some of the damage Trump has inflicted. So his inspirational qualities are partially a reflection of how much I hate Trump. I think that’s true for many others.

[SpaceNeedle]

15. Astonishing

[Hekate]

31. What does that mean, SpaceNeedle?

[SpaceNeedle]

40. I don't remember now

I may have been wanting to reply to a different post but had a navigation malfunction.

[IronLionZion]

22. It worked for Trump

he relentlessly attacked his opponents without providing much policy of his own. Just a lot of MAGA type fear and hate that appeals to the worst in certain people

[Luciferous]

28. Yep. Nobody in my house really likes Biden but we hate Trump, so we will all

vote for Biden.

[rampartc]

3. we are united against trump

we will be protesting biden immediately after the inauguration.

[Cha]

4. Oh Yeah.. what are you going to be "..Protesting Biden.."

for If he Gets inaugurated?

And, who's this "we".. cause anybody I know sure as hell won't be.. we will be supporting him to Rebuild America and the relations with all our Allies that trump destroyed.

[calimary]

8. To the second part of your post: no.

But the first part, DEFINITELY yes. DEFINITELY united against trump.

Vigorously and Adamantly against trump.

[Wednesdays]

11. At least enjoy a sip of champagne

[jaxexpat]

20. Hold it a minute.

Even Clinton had a couple of weeks past inauguration before the media proclaimed his a failed presidency.

But there WILL be some major hollerin' if there aren't more than a few from Trump's cadre indicted AND found guilty AND imprisoned by June 2021. It's clean house time in America. NO MORE: Trumps, DeVos types, Barr types, McConnell types, Gym types, Pompeo types, Limbaugh and his wannabes or public lying on major news networks. Demand truth in broadcasting! The foolishness has got to be over. If there is oppression in the country, let it be oppression of bigots, racists, greed/fear mongers, TV ministers and pirate capitalists. Eliminate consequence free lying by politicians (that's a lot easier when the media is constrained by fairness and honesty in broadcasting). AND provide national guidelines for federal elections, state congressional district boundaries and eliminate the electoral college. When anyone tries to justify the EC, OUT them for the liars/fools/traitors to the people they are.

[Hekate]

32. So you won't even let the guy have a moment to settle in, eh? Just contribute to disaffection ...

...and malaise? Will you take a page from Obama’s election and start the fault-finding from the moment he chooses a minister or priest (he is Catholic, after all) to participate in the swearing-in.

So much to look forward to.

Maybe, just for a shocking change, we Dems could get behind the guy who is going to be getting a shitload of grief from the GOP, MAGAts, Trump, and the Russian assets.

[BannonsLiver]

34. "Purity now. Purity forever."...Or something like that.

[babylonsister]

38. This, agree, thanks!! nt

[BannonsLiver]

35. I have no idea who you think "we" is.

I’m going to give the guy a chance to right the ship. Give it a whirl.

[Renew Deal]

48. The Republican run Lincoln Project hasn't said anything so ridiculous

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Biden is generating a positive agenda based on decades of experience

amidst a referendum on Trump. Republicans are so immersed in Trumpism they can't even detect any problems with their candidate at all. Voters are making up their minds, are turned off by Trump. The Biden campaign will ramp up and may create a not insignificant surge that results in overperformance in some state races.

WE. ARE. LOOKIN. GOOD.

[onetexan]

14. i heard on Morning Joe a commentator said Biden is not an exciting candidate

screw the excitement factor. We don't need someone with alot of hot air. We need a real leader. It excites me as heck that come November Godwilling we will have a President Biden so that the majority of Americans can sleep soundly knowing we are in good hands. It excites me to know the grave ills committed by this horrible administration will be righted and the crooks prosecuted. It excites me Biden will be our leader to restore relations with our ally countries abroad & the US back to normalcy domestically, to its status as World Leader in Democracy, Human Rights, and as the greatest nation with the greatest economy on earth.

[2naSalit]

23. It's not about showbiz, here...

We have our country to save all while trying to sustain our species and many others. Joe Biden is currently developing policy proposals, reassembling a government that has been hacked to pieces and doing so in a manner that is based on inclusion of all. And that inclusion part is crucial for everyone because by the time we figure out how to exist with a long term pandemic there will be far fewer of us I fear and all people who do manage to make it will certainly be a mix of peoples who will need to collaborate to survive.

[peggysue2]

24. Said this during the primaries

If you want excitement, go to an amusement park. Post-Trump, voters should be convinced that presidential elections are not and should never be based on an entertainment quotient. The position of an executive worth his/her salt is hard work and demands knowledge, commitment and heart in order to get stuff done to promote and guide the welfare of the American public. Trump has failed on all fronts, most spectacularly in protecting the security of the country and our basic principles and institutions. Rule of law, anyone?

Enough of the adolescent braying for a damn excitement factor!

[XanaDUer2]

46. Great point

Nt

[Gamecock Lefty]

6. 4%???

I'd have a hard time believing 4% of those supporting Sanders would actually vote for Trump. No way! I can see them maybe supporting a 3rd party candidate but going from Sanders to Trump? Who would actually do that???

[Chellee]

9. More confusing

are the 1% of people that backed Biden in the primary but are choosing Trump over Biden in the general. How does that work?

[SpaceNeedle]

16. Someone trolling the pollster

[ibegurpard]

19. Strategic voting in Democratic primaries

For who they thought would be the easier opponent to beat in the general?
Looking like their strategic choice was mistaken if so.

[yellowdogintexas]

26. I love how voters in open primary states try to impact the vote that way

It NEVER works and it makes the Democrats who do it hard to find because they aren't voting in the Democratic primaries, and the Republicans get mad if we call them; they are on our lists because they voted in our primaries

It can only work in a small election with a united front against a bad candidate. Next county over, there was a school board election with a Tea Party Republican and a 'normal person' Republican. The Republican party leadership wanted the moderate to win and the Democrats had no one in the primary, so the Democrats voted in the Republican primary to boost the good guy. Small electorate, focused attack equaled a good outcome. The good guy won

[Tom Rinaldo]

21. You don't have to pass any test to register to vote, or show an understanding of what...

...the party you register with actually stands for in order to vote in that party's primary. 4% is just statistical noise, literally fringe data. Bernie Sanders is a high profile figure who a few simply equate with screw the establishment, and out of that group a subset of them think that Trump is all about screwing the establishment also. Significantly more people think that the moon landings were faked than fit into this grouping.

[yellowdogintexas]

27. If you are in a closed primary state, you have to vote in

your own party's primary. Open primary states are a free for all on primary day. No such thing as a 'registered Democrat' or 'registered Republican' in Texas.

[spooky3]

37. I have a young relative who told me in 2016 that he would have voted for Bernie

had he been the nominee, but that he was going to vote for Trump over Clinton.

It makes no sense logically, but research has provided several explanations for some Trump votes: sexism, racism, etc.

[raging moderate]

43. Well, some folks just like a gruff old guy who yells a lot.

Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have that in common, and that is all these folks in the 4% are looking for. That, and both are old white men.

[Happy Hoosier]

7. I backed with Liz, but I'm Ridin' with Biden! NT

[calimary]

10. I was an Inslee supporter. Fully with Biden as soon as Inslee dropped out.

[wryter2000]

49. I was for Kamala

But I’m 100% Biden now.

[dalton99a]

12. The Traitor MUST Be Evicted.

[CatLady78]

13. Recd

That good news.

[ibegurpard]

17. The never-Bidens are real

I've encountered several myself. However, their numbers and influence levels are substantially less than those who bring them up with intention to cause division might suggest. Certainly less so than in 2016 in my opinion.

[backscatter712]

47. Yeah, this year, I don't think there are that many of them.

Maybe a few leftists on the radical side of the spectrum, but I'm not seeing never-Bideners really gaining a foothold this year. Hell, I supported Bernie in the primaries, but Biden's a good guy - if Bernie himself is working with him, that's all good with me.

Trump must be removed by any means necessary.

We've had almost four years to acquire a burning hatred for Trump - I think that's going to win out.

[Wounded Bear]

18. That type of unity is usually reserved for Repubs only...

ABT (anybody but Trump) rules!

Really, though, I still can't fathom supporting Trump after all that has happened. What kind of sado/masochist does one have to be?

[MarianJack]

25. I initially supported Amy Klobuchar.

As soon as she suspended her campaign and endorsed VP Biden I did, too.

#notmypresident

RESIST

[Mr.Bill]

29. It would be very interesting to have a conversation

with any of that 4% who say Bernie was their top pick, but they're now voting for Trump. They must be some of the most uninformed people on the planet.

[LanternWaste]

30. We had a deep pool of committed Democratic and progressive candidates to choose from.

And despite the differences, the common denominators between them were much greater. So I'm not too surprised to see the party coalesce behind Vice President Biden.

And, as the flaring coals of the primaries have begun cooling down, I honestly do think a lot of people who dismissed Biden previously are now looking at him in contrast to Idiot trump and realizing that the stakes are far too high to avoid voting in the general as some kind of statement of conviction as was done and proudly advertised four years ago.

[warmfeet]

33. I am a bit giddy (joyfully elated), I must admit.

The prospect of voting for Joe Biden makes me extremely happy.

[PatrickforO]

36. Well, yeah.

How can we not be?

[mvd]

39. I backed Sanders again and am sad he won't have another chance

But I am behind Biden. He needs to win. And one of our younger progressives may become President in the not so distant future.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

41. I have come across a couple of people who say that since Bernie lost

They won't vote for Biden. I told them that then they are supporting Trump.

[jorgevlorgan]

42. I hope everbody sticks withthe understanding that Kanye and Trump are basically the same person at

this point.

[Stuart G]

44. It is either Trump or Biden? Think about that for awhile?

Trump has had 3.5 years to prove he is a stupid fool, and he has proved it completely.

Trump will lose, and lose big.

[rockfordfile]

45. Americans hate trump