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ciaobaby

(1,000 posts) Thu Apr 20, 2017, 01:40 PM Apr 2017

This is a relief to me -DU is not the norm in regard to angry dismissal of Bernie. [View all]

http://resistancereport.com/politics/harvard-poll-bernie-supporters/

From the article:

The survey, conducted by Harvard University and The Harris Poll, disproves the “Bernie Bro” trope with hard numbers. According to the survey results, which were conducted among 2,027 registered voters between April 14 and April 17, 2017, Sanders is actually more popular among women, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans than white people and men.

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This is a relief to me -DU is not the norm in regard to angry dismissal of Bernie. [View all] ciaobaby Apr 2017 OP

Me too. KPN Apr 2017 #1

It hard to find key points in the article lapucelle Apr 2017 #6

I supported HRC completely, but I never had, nor do I have now, anything against Bernie hlthe2b Apr 2017 #2

He sure wasn't that popular in the southern primaries with AAs brush Apr 2017 #3

Where did you get that from? StubbornThings Apr 2017 #10

Ok, I should've said popular enough to vote for. brush Apr 2017 #11

Another interesting tidbit from poll. yallerdawg Apr 2017 #4

The data do not support the conclusions. lapucelle Apr 2017 #5

Bernie is my hero jodymarie aimee Apr 2017 #7

We are simpatico ! ciaobaby Apr 2017 #8

That's good. alarimer Apr 2017 #9

That is because he's a progressive and members of minority groups and women support progressives pnwmom Apr 2017 #12

You could say the same about every Democrat. They are all more popular with minorities than with StevieM Apr 2017 #13