Donkees (14,420 posts) https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100211562430
Bernie tops progressive straw poll - Democracy for America
By DAVID SIDERS 12/18/2018 05:07 AM EST
Excerpt:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) tops the first 2020 straw poll by the progressive political action committee Democracy for America by a wide margin, followed by former Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas).
The straw poll is more significant as a sign of organizational support than as a measure of public opinion. DFA boasts more than a million members, and after throwing its support from Warren to Sanders in 2016, it played an instrumental role in his unsuccessful presidential campaign.
Leading the field was Sanders, with 36 percent support. He was followed by Biden at 15 percent and O’Rourke at 12 percent. Warren and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), received 8 percent and 7 percent, respectively. No other potential candidate received more than 4 percent.
DFA said members cast more than 94,000 votes, ranking up to three potential candidates on each ballot. The poll ran Nov. 29 through Dec. 14, and results reflect only first-choice votes. The group polled 23 candidates, with write-ins accounting for nearly 5 percent of the vote, officials said.
“These results make clear that, while Bernie Sanders has a strong early lead, no single potential presidential candidate has full command of the Democratic Party’s progressive base heading into 2019,” the group’s incoming chief executive, Yvette Simpson, said in a prepared statement. “With more than 14 months before Iowa, we expect these results to change as grassroots progressives hear the messages the candidates are running on, see the campaigns executing on the ground, and watch them construct the broad-based coalition of the New American Majority of people of color and white progressive voters it will take to beat Donald Trump.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/18/bernie-sanders-straw-poll-2020-elections-1067867
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https://poll.democracyforamerica.com/results/
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 07:13 AM
Star Member Laurian (2,396 posts)
3. Oh, please......
Sick to death of the (non-Democrat) Bernie promotions. As far as I’m concerned, he and people like Nina Turner were a large part of the 2016 problem. I could never support him.
elocs (19,555 posts)
7. Yeah, go Bernie...
Away.
Jim Lane (11,133 posts)
43. Yes, we must begin our preparations for 2020 by purging those 13 million people
After all, the only possible reasons for their voting against the most qualified candidate in history were that they were purists and/or misogynists. About 90% of them then voted for her in the general election, but no matter, let's purge them. We can win without them. We'll just spot the Republicans more than 10 million votes and win anyway.
SMH
Star Member R B Garr (11,180 posts)
50. Actually, we must begin our preparations by acknowledging
the now proven facts that lying about Democrats is what got us here, and if calling out liars is “purging”, then there is more to be gained than lost. Look how you ignore that it only took 70,000 people nation-wide to believe the lies about Hillary, it wasn’t 13 million like you are falsely conflating... SMH
WeekiWater (751 posts)
19. Progressive group Democracy for America lines up squarely behind Bernie Sanders
Washington Post 2015
I'm shocked. lol. They are an outreach arm for his campaign.
Star Member George II (32,700 posts)
22. They are the organization that began sending me emails in Sanders' name....
....in December 2015, the day after Sanders' IT people accessed the DNC database, pleading for money.
I wonder where they got my email address? Certainly not from me!
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 02:37 PM
Bucky (47,683 posts)
95. Bernie would've won 2016.
I'd be very surprised if he gets the nomination. But I'd be even more surprised if, once nominated, he lost to Trump. Match up polls had him at 10%-15% ahead of Trump quite consistently (the same polls always put Clinton at 3-5% ahead of Trump). Bernie's not changed much since then (the duration of his political consistency is one of his strongest points). And a lot of what he warned us about has since come true.
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 10:05 AM
bluestarone (4,272 posts)
33. Here we go
Divide and conquer!! That's what RUSSIA wants AGAIN!! Common people only a DEMOCRAT keep saying this!! only a DEMOCRAT!!! THAT is the ONLY way we win in 2020!!!
SFnomad (2,917 posts)
35. Democracy for America? Is that a Russian website? n/t
Yosemito (165 posts)
46. He won it in 2016 too
Think of the three little piggies when you hear "straw" poll.
We all know what happened to the straw house.
Jim Lane (11,133 posts)
68. There does seem to be a very vocal "purge" faction on DU.
Two thoughts to cheer you up: First, out in the real world, there's not nearly so much visceral Bernie-bashing. If Bernie had won the nomination, Hillary Clinton would have endorsed him, just as he endorsed her. Each candidate had a few supporters who hated the other candidate. Bernie took some flak from them for endorsing Hillary, and she would have been similarly attacked if the tables were turned, but the vast majority of people on both sides of the divide transcend such pettiness.
Second, even on DU, I suspect that we actually are more welcoming of his supporters than this thread suggests. My personal guess is that the most vocal Bernie-bashers tend to post a lot more on this subject than does the average member. This thread may be a cross-section from the small end of the log.
NanceGreggs (24,200 posts)
103. Over a hundred replies ...
... over 1100 views - and only 10 Recs.
'Nuf said.
.....Yes, we must begin our preparations for 2020 by purging those 13 million people.....
Viva la revolucion! No pasaran!
:rofl:
Jim Lane (11,133 posts)
43. Yes, we must begin our preparations for 2020 by purging those 13 million people
Jim Lane (11,133 posts)
43. Yes, we must begin our preparations for 2020 by purging those 13 million people
After all, the only possible reasons for their voting against the most qualified candidate in history were that they were purists and/or misogynists. About 90% of them then voted for her in the general election, but no matter, let's purge them. We can win without them. We'll just spot the Republicans more than 10 million votes and win anyway.
SMH
Wow. That asshole just went full Stalin.
You never go full Stalin!
Wow. That asshole just went full Stalin.
You never go full Stalin!
Wow. That asshole just went full Stalin.
You never go full Stalin!
I'll be honest, Bernie scares me. Thank God he'll be older than dirt come 2020, but there's enough DUmbfu*ks out there that want everything given to them for doing nothing he could win. The under 35 generation is a major disappointment. My own SIL is practically a socialist. He works, but wants the taxpayers to pay off all his student loans.
.....Yes, we must begin our preparations for 2020 by purging those 13 million people.....
:rotf:
After all, the only possible reasons for their voting against the most qualified candidate in history