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Pre-Super Tuesday Presidential poll

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Alma, Feb 26, 2020.

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Who is your pick for the 2020 Presidential election?

  1. Joe Biden

    29 vote(s)
    33.0%
  2. Michael Bloomberg

    6 vote(s)
    6.8%
  3. Pete Buttigieg

    7 vote(s)
    8.0%
  4. Amy Klobuchar

    3 vote(s)
    3.4%
  5. Bernie Sanders

    8 vote(s)
    9.1%
  6. Tom Steyer

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  7. Donald Trump

    7 vote(s)
    8.0%
  8. Elizabeth Warren

    23 vote(s)
    26.1%
  9. Other

    5 vote(s)
    5.7%
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  1. WriteThinking

    WriteThinking Well-Known Member

    Ditto for my mom, but I think her point still stands, and her/their views have become politically incorrect, not necessarily socially unacceptable. Not really. What other explanation is there, given that the last three most significant, and, I think, pretty good, qualified woman candidates have failed, or are failing, so glaringly? Clearly, they don't have the support they need.
     
    Last edited: Feb 27, 2020
  2. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Not a fact in this sentence, although it does tell us quite a bit about you.
     
  3. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    So you ignore the law professors who challenge her?
     
  4. WriteThinking

    WriteThinking Well-Known Member

    Oh, I know that, but that would not be a reason I would or wouldn't vote for him. Practically no one in the race outside of Sanders has a substantial base of voters, and the candidate I did vote for (Warren) has the same problem, unfortunately.

    What I would've liked to see was Bloomberg not switching parties, and just going head-to-head with Trump for the Republican nomination, to see what happened. I really think he is a better, smarter version of Trump.
     
  5. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    Yeah, someone who has been a senator for the past eight years (no real credentials), becoming the first female senator from her state, after never having held any prior political office is a terrible politician
     
  6. Justin_Rice

    Justin_Rice Well-Known Member

    I'll say it.

    The Soviets were ultimately the winners of World War II in Europe.
     
  7. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    She ran in a terrible Democrat field and beat Scott Brown, a lovable golden retriever puppy, but not somebody who should be a US senator.
     
  8. I Should Coco

    I Should Coco Well-Known Member

    My state primary is March 10, and if Warren is still in the race, I'll vote for her. Wish she would have run in 2016.

    I'd have no problem voting for Bernie (I've voted for socialists running for president before), but I think his age and health work against him. I have no problem with his health care proposal and other ideas.

    Let's face it, anybody the Dems nominate is going to be called a socialist by Trump and his True Believers.
     
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  9. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    Yep. When he started talking about it during 2019 State of the Union, I told my wife that we know what the 2020 dog whistle will be.
     
  10. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    At the risk of being accused of being an old white guy with a bad case of misogyny, Warren, Klobuchar, and Harris are not politicians with a touch for the people. Hillary was an even worse candidate. I love policy wonks and certainly both HRC and Warren offered extensive and specific plans and policies. None of them had the charisma and charm to overcome the glass ceiling. I understand that Ginger Rogers danced the same steps as Astaire, backwards, but it was her appearance of effortless grace in doing so that made her pop.

    What we need is a woman with that sort of a grasp of the issues who also can muster and harness their personal magnetism, whether it is Margaret Thatcher toughness or a light touch.
     
  11. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    I think Warren is the best combination of smarts and genuineness out there. I was thinking of going Bloomberg simply for pragmatic reasons, I think to win it has to be a non-populist white guy against Trump. But I’m going to vote Warren and see where it goes.
     
  12. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    So you might as well make him right?
     
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