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Not a chance.
Realize that Trump could have run for and won a New York race.
Bloomberg wouldn't win NYC, nevermind the rest of the state, far less.
Bloomberg basically won his first race because he was riding on Giuliani's
coattails as a "Republican" ! Now his true colors are long known.
He's EXACTLY the same as Hillary Clinton.
Care to point out any differences between Clinton and Bloomberg ? ::crickets::
Sure. The two biggest legislation to come out of the Obama presidency, Obamacare and Dodd-Frank, Michael Bloomberg.
Yea, I'd imagine he'd do well in many NYC suburbs (a lot of which do vote majority Republican), especially more affluent ones. But would red-state Republican areas vote for him?
Well, from what I gather, Bloomberg will only enter the race if it's shaping up to be Sanders v Trump. Those are two extremely terrifying candidates and I think Mayor Mike would have a good chance at winning as a 3rd party candidate given that polarizing matchup. I have to believe that the majority of the country doesn't want to make all Muslims register in a database or raise the top tax rates to 75% to fund Bernie's socialist agenda.....
I don't think so. Trump's appeal isn't limited to just dumb poor whites even though this meme gets repeated daily.
Actually, dozens of polls over the last six months have continued to show Trump's core base as less likely to have a college degree and more likely to do blue collar work. That doesn't mean 100% of his supporters fit that mold, but those who do are the most common supporter.
I see him resonating with less educated white males who have lost their blue collar jobs to people in Asia or Central America, and who are scared ****less about what 21st century America is like when it doesn't revolve around white males anymore. They are clinging to Trump because they think they'll get their jobs and power back once he's in office.
I can't see Bloomberg taking any potential votes away from Sanders. They're simply two/too different types of candidates.
Mike Bloomberg is a boring billionaire, but he's pro-choice, at least.
I can't see Bloomberg taking any potential votes away from Sanders. They're simply two/too different types of candidates.
Mike Bloomberg is a boring billionaire, but he's pro-choice, at least.
But in the general election, there will be tons of more moderate Democrats who will vote for Sanders if he's the nominee, even if they don't support all his issue positions. What else are they going to do, not vote or vote for Trump? If the nominees end up being Trump (or Cruz) and Sanders, the majority of Americans will be voting for a candidate who is far more conservative / liberal than the average voter. This is the perfect storm for a 3rd party candidate to have success.
I think tons of moderate Democrats would vote for Bloomberg- he's more fiscally conservative than the average Democrat, but his stance on all major social issues align Democrat (gun control, legal abortion, marriage equality, etc).....these issues are key for D's because the next president will likely replace 1+ Supreme Court justices. He would also appeal to moderate Republicans who care about low taxes and national defense (remember, he was mayor of the #1 terrorist target city from 2002-2013 with no attacks'and lots of arrests)......this is key for R's when faced with Trump who wouldn't be a good commander in chief or Sanders who wants to tax the hell of of all of us to pay for his agenda.
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