Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumTwo very white states voted.
Some here are saying that BS has won the election. Fact is he lost in Iowa and barely squeaked a win in NH.
Fact. No black voice has had a chance to speak/vote yet. No diverse state has even voted. Not one. Black voices matter.
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Link to tweet
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Black folks and in particular black women are the base of the Democratic Party. Biden is polling 50% plus with our community.
This race will not be settles until we get a chance to weigh in. Period.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)I did not watch the returns tonight. I could not stand another night of listening to the pundits.
Instead I watched Godzilla on Netflix. I love that stuff along with the Walking Dead and Z Nation. Seriously, I do.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Vivienne235729
(3,384 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dalton99a
(81,568 posts)and we don't have to hear about Iowa and New Hampshire for another four years, or until the next batch makes their pilgrimage
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)And that Obama won IA twice?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)And the Orange turd will easily win there again.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)While pumping SC.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Seems no one wants to acknowledge that Obama won Iowa.
Everyone loved it then. Now, not so much lol.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
murielm99
(30,755 posts)to GOTV and elect Democrats in a red area of a very blue state. We do manage to get some of them elected to state and local offices. We give others a run for their money. We make them work for their offices and spend their war chests.
Thank you for your support - NOT.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)Fact is Warren is my candidate, not Biden or Sanders.
I am waiting to see Super Tuesday.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)We have to be serious about how this is playing out. Feel free to dismiss IA and NH. Are you confident in Biden or Warren to do much better in NV and SC? They look very shaky right now.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)Sadly I don't think Warren will.
It breaks my heart, I love my Senator.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
krissey
(1,205 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)A virtual unknown. Imagine that.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(49,401 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)Lot of work left to do. March will be a much better indicator of where we are and where we are going.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
quickesst
(6,280 posts).... yet so difficult for many to grasp. 🤔
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
onecaliberal
(32,887 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PatSeg
(47,567 posts)Iowa and New Hampshire are not representative of the entire country. And I say that as a resident of New Hampshire. Maybe Joe won't win the nomination, but he has the most impressive and diverse list of endorsements of any candidate, so it certainly isn't over. Of course, the media has already read his eulogy and unfortunately that can affect some voters decision.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,528 posts)Well said by Rep Malcom Kenyatta and Donald McEachin and you, she!
Smh at those writing Biden's political obit.
And, BS is behind in Delegates..
ABC has reported the delegates won tonight....
Buttigieg - 9
Sanders - 9
Klobuchar - 6
Totals to date:
Buttigieg - 23
Sanders - 21
Warren - 8
Klobuchar - 7
Biden - 6
Delegate-wise, Buttigieg has now won one state and tied the other.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287505399#post1
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)And it is OVER!!!!
Lol~ Not by a long shot Cha.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,528 posts)those silly manufacturing, manipulative pundit heads.
Reality needs a check.. thanks again she!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,528 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)It is about our lives and our children's lives.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,528 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gotta go soon.
Love ya.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MustLoveBeagles
(11,632 posts)You're stepping on the preferred narrative.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,528 posts)Reality Check!
Aloha Beagles!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MustLoveBeagles
(11,632 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MustLoveBeagles
(11,632 posts)As Yogi Berra and Tammie Faye Baaker once said "It ain't over til it's over". I think we'll have a better picture of the race after Super Tuesday. The premature grave dancing over Biden's candidacy is getting very tiresome.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)Warren.
I love Joe as well. Sigh.
All I want is to get Orange out of the WH.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MustLoveBeagles
(11,632 posts)I think that's something everyone here can agree on.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
RockRaven
(14,990 posts)maybe you ought to choose the nominee based upon the input of the entire Democratic coalition -- instead of cherry-picking a non-representative subset of Democratic voters to be gate-keepers for the rest of us (never mind the US as a whole).
What wins in POTUS general elections is turnout, not changing people's minds. If you want good turnout, you should not crown a candidate based on a non-representative sample of Dems in 2 states.
Let's dispense with a massive lie about IA and NH and their usefulness in choosing candidates which can win an electoral college in fall 2020: their caucus and primary do NOT represent middle America or swing voters or any of those centrist-sounding things. Y'all realize that those outcomes just represent the DEMOCRATIC voters in those states, right? By themselves they tell you nothing about a *general* election in PA or FL or MI or OH or WI or NV or AZ or VA or NC, never mind even in their own goddamned states.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)If so, SC surely is not going to meet your concerns that they have been heard.
After all, there are only 250,000 Hispanics in SC.
I'm sure you agree that their votes are important too, right?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)Great to see ya back, Bonobo.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)That should be a pretty good test then. Let's wait for that!
And thank you for welcoming me back, sincerely.
I will strive to not be such a dick.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)I'm like, "Bring it on!". Bernie polls great with Latinos and better and better with black folks.
Bernie is going to win this thing, and win it big. There is no possible way to stop this Bernie momentum. Stop fooling yourself.
The only question now is whether Bernie gets a majority of delegates or just a plurality. He will get the most votes, and if he does not get the nom, you can kiss our Democratic Party good bye.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
jimfields33
(15,933 posts)That worries me. That is the most undemocratic think Ive ever seen. They should get rid of those.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)Warren is basically done, and Biden is in very serious trouble. Outside of the DU bubble, that's all well-understood.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)538 has Sanders at 38%, a brokered convention at 33% and Biden way down at 18%. Enten has Sanders at 5.5 out of 10 (no other candidate comes close).
And as bad as the outlook is for Biden, you'd rather be him than Warren at this point. Biden still has South Carolina ahead of him, whereas New Hampshire was Warren's South Carolina (and she finished a distant 4th in single digits).
Looking ahead, it's a lot easier to see Sanders racking up wins (in which case the odds of a brokered convention will plummet) than it is to see Buttigieg or Klobuchar racking up wins. That's why Biden can cling to a glimmer of hope. But this Bloomberg madness doesn't do Biden any favors. And the Bloomberg madness is a testament to the lack of confidence in Buttigieg's and Klobuchar's ability to rack up wins while having virtually zero support among persons of color.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)They are not diverse states and do not speak for the Nation as a whole.
PS. Warren is not done. Biden is not in trouble. Two states only two states have voted.
PPS.
43. I haven't seen anyone say Sanders has won the nomination, but he is the frontrunner.
Saw it said on another thread.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)It's one thing to not like caucuses (I don't). It's one thing to not like that we start with 2 states that don't reflect the electorate demographically-speaking (I don't).
It's another thing to deny reality, which is that IA and NH always have an outsized influence. Inside the DU bubble, denying reality is par for the course. I laugh every time someone points to Bill Clinton and 1992 as though that somehow disproves reality--when it actually reinforces it.
That outsized influence is why underdogs (like Buttigieg and Klobuchar) pour almost all their resources into those early states--they hope to gain enough momentum/money to be able to build infrastructure in the following states. The problem for each of them is the near-zero support among persons of color, which provides Biden a glimmer of hope.
Again, outside DU, most people recognize that Biden is on the ropes, that both NV and SC are increasingly in doubt for him. Warren is even worse off, as her version of a must-win state has already voted--and she finished a distant 4th in single digits. This is all well-understood outside this forum.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hekate
(90,773 posts)I am beyond ticked off at what happened in Iowa. But aside from the fact they were ratfcked, it is past time for the DNC to take better control of who goes first. Cory Booker should not be out of this race now. The early "debates" are beyond useless -- the CNN "town halls" and MSNBC hour long interviews are infinitely better for getting to know the candidates.
Count me as another female vote -- and an old white lady vote. California, heavily Latino, needs to have a chance to weigh in too.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
I think a super Tuesday type of thing should be the first to vote. Show how the Country really thinks, the pulse of the Nation and not two small white states feel.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Really, people would be crowing if their candidate won, but he didnt.
Iowa was all the best when Obama won.
Sigh.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hekate
(90,773 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)But I fear Biden is going down
and it won't be pretty.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
gollygee
(22,336 posts)Way too early to assume who will end up doing well and who won't
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
we can do it
(12,190 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
we can do it
(12,190 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)'Since 1980 no Democratic candidate has won the nomination without winning a majority of African-American primary voters.'
https://projects.economist.com/democratic-primaries-2020/
And they haven't voted yet. Nothing is over. Not even close.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)Huge
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Thanks!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden