Which candidate can best unite the country?

[Gothmog]

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[Demsrule86]

1. You are on a roll...K&R

[at140]

2. If that is the only qualification, Amy Klobuchar without a doubt

Senator Klobuchar has high degree of respect from the opposition party.
Whereas I am sure you will agree repuglicans had intense dislike of president Obama,
and that would transfer to VP Biden to some degree. Klobuchar has few such negatives.

[judeling]

12. To the extent possible

I agree.
Or at least have the most united tone. Warren would do some of that on tone at least. But Klobuchar has always seen the Washington Media and Academic social circuit as part of the job.

[at140]

17. Even though I prefer Warren, you can see I post honest opinions

I like all candidates running, but in my opinion the big banks and Wall Street and the 0.01% Billionaires have too much power, middle class is getting squeezed, and Warren would be most effective in dealing with that.

[judeling]

20. We can agree we have and had some great candidates.

I just came down on the "we are at the mercy of the 50th most progressive Senator" side and felt Amy was the best one to make that more progressive then anyone else. (while knowing what to do with that).

[grantcart]

22. Agree 100%

[Newest Reality]

3. What?

Right now, that seems to be a misleading question.

How would any of those candidates have a positive impact on the GOP/Trump base right now? The country is divided along those lines pretty much from what I have seen.

If you are talking about a candidate who would unite and strengthen those who strongly support democracy, then that would be a different matter.

Depending on how left, progressive and democratic the candidate it is, those all would tend to deepen the rift we now have.

The question obviously is who can beat Trump most assuredly? I really don't like have to make it all and only about that, especially when there are so many real and critical problems that our candidate has to face after fixing the current mess we have, but that is where we stand and, even if it detracts from moving forward, its vital in order to preserve our UNION for all.

[Recursion]

4. In my opinion? Yang

He's the only candidate above water in approval ratings among voters of both parties as well as independents.

[at140]

5. Yang Certainly more than Biden...eom

[Cha]

30. NOPE.. Biden's the Winner

[Recursion]

33. I didn't say Yang was more likely to win

I said Yang was best positioned to unite the country

[judeling]

8. A shot at it.

For sure.

[Recursion]

9. And a long shot at that

I'm not very optimistic about the next decade or so

[sheshe2]

13. We don't have a decade to lose.

Recursion
9. And a long shot at that

I'm not very optimistic about the next decade or so

Say goodnight, we and our children will be gone.

[JoeOtterbein]

15. +1000!

There is no time left. Now, or never.

[Thekaspervote]

19. Never

[NBachers]

26. *

[DanTex]

25. Yeah, I think that's right.

[Normanart]

27. Yang has good numbers

Across the political spectrum, not right, not left , forward! Anyone willing to spend some time on his website can see what we are excited about.

[Cha]

31. NO.. Joe Biden is much Better suited to

Uniting the Country than Yang.

[msongs]

6. not likely the 2 most divisive candidates on either side can do so nt

[aikoaiko]

7. The only time I felt anything close to a united US was after 9/11

I don't think anyone can unite us now. We just need the majority to get good things done.

[ramen]

28. Strongly agree.. that ship has sailed. n/t

[Cha]

10. I think EW would have more of a chance than BS

in uniting the country.. but that may be just me.

Definitely Joe Biden

[First Speaker]

11. Nobody. The country isn't going to be "united" again.

...the sole reason there was even an illusion of "unity" after 9/11 was because a Republican was in the White House. The Democratic party, naturally, wasn't going to criticize or stab the country in the back. Had Gore been in, as he should have been, the GOP would have stabbed *him* in the back 24/7. Limbaugh and Hannity and the rest would have run amok. It would have been Benghazi on steroids, with endless investigations and the good of the country would have gone to hell. And that was a generation ago now. The GOP has gotten worse. And the Dems have learned, to their cost, this hard fact. If a 9/11 happened under Trump or Pence, no one in the Dem's base would believe any "official" story for a second. The establishment Dems in Congress would try to sound "united"--but with Trump, Fox, and the yahoos in congress blaming them--the Dems--for any disaster (and you *know* that will happen), it would degenerate into farce. America will not be "united", in any real way, in our lifetimes.

[jg10003]

23. k&r

[Stuart G]

14. Maybe the question really is, "Which candidate is least divisive?"

Although I have a choice, that is a most difficult question. Now certain candidates are clearly more divisive than others. The most divisive person is Trump. (obviously) The rest will be up to the voters. If we look at past history, there are some who are more divisive than others. Not my place to start that one.
...Yes, I think Biden is less divisive, but others candidates may be equal to Joe. Mr. Obama would be the savior in this case, maybe the Mrs. could do it??

...Hell I don't know nothing...

[Skittles]

16. the best one is not listed there

[jg10003]

24. who?

[Skittles]

32. what's the point?

[thesquanderer]

18. Based on this forum, you'd never guess Sanders would come in so high.

His favorables are very high, too. I think this place underestimates his broader appeal.

[Cha]

29. Joe Biden's are Much Highter and he's the

Winner.

[thesquanderer]

34. Of course. But Sanders still comes in ahead of everyone in this poll other than Biden.

One would never expect a result like that if you got most of your political info from DU, considering the vitriol tossed at Sanders here, and a post at https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287420906 where 76% of respondents had an unfavorable view of him.

The point remains that DU, as usual, is in no way representative of the public at large. As the poll says, even after this recent drop, 73% of likely Dem primary voters view him favorably. Still in first place in favorability, ahead of Biden's 72%, which is followed by Warren's 64%. The fact is, many view him favorably even though they intend to vote for Biden. (Which is not at all contradictory because one can view multiple candidates favorably, but you can only vote for one, and viewing them favorably is only one of numerous criteria a person will use to determine their vote.)

[Cha]

35. Biden's the winner.. not BS

[thesquanderer]

36. That's obvious. I never suggested otherwise. (n/t)

[Cha]

37. Yep.. obvious.. Biden's the Winner.

[Sloumeau]

21. Gothmog, Thanks for posting this! :)

This is good news for Joe Biden!