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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Curious, why on our DU headline is Bernie who's at 7% photo shown, and Pete B who is also at 7% not
shown??? just wondering.....
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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Curious, why on our DU headline is Bernie who's at 7% photo shown, and Pete B who is also at 7% not (Original Post)
a kennedy
Jun 2019
OP
My guess is that there's only enough room to show X number of candidates on the
Politicub
Jun 2019
#4
These numbers are rounded. Thus, Sanders can be 7.2 and Mayor Pete 6.8
question everything
Jun 2019
#5
brooklynite
(94,657 posts)1. The system only shows 5 slots...
Bernie presumably has more net support while his average and Pete's round to 7%
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Bettie
(16,117 posts)2. It only shows photos for the top five*
it has been that way from the start.
Perhaps the 7.? is different on the two of them to place Sanders before Pete.
*Edit because I forgot that "undecided" has been the largest segment thus far and isn't a photo!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
thesquanderer
(11,990 posts)3. I presume it's a decimal point difference. (n/t)
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Politicub
(12,165 posts)4. My guess is that there's only enough room to show X number of candidates on the
primaries page and Sanders has an incremental number more supporters than Buttigieg (like 7.4 vs. 7.1, for instance).
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
question everything
(47,509 posts)5. These numbers are rounded. Thus, Sanders can be 7.2 and Mayor Pete 6.8
and the administrators (or the system) counts at the end of the months so things can change in a few days.
Depending, among other things, on tonight debate.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hlthe2b
(102,320 posts)6. decimal points... Bernie's percentage is higher than Pete's with the decimal points apparently
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
aikoaiko
(34,177 posts)7. The forum administrators prefer Bernie over Pete.
jk
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided