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I am surprised that there are some liberals that think so
regardless of any DNC bias, Bernie did horribly with minority voters and older voters during the primaries. You need those voters to win important states.
If he ran in 2020 he would lose the minority voters to Cory Booker or Kamala Harris or Oprah
The vast majority of his voters were above 30 years old though.
His main problem in the Dem primary was that so many minority voters didnt know much about him. If we look at the polls now, we see that he is viewed favorably by 73% of African Americans and 80% of Democrats, making him the most popular politician in the country.
The vast majority of his voters were above 30 years old though.
His main problem in the Dem primary was that so many minority voters didnt know much about him. If we look at the polls now, we see that he is viewed favorably by 73% of African Americans and 80% of Democrats, making him the most popular politician in the country.
In a primary, would black voters go to Bernie to Cory Booker?
We know the answer to that
Its not enough to marginally win black voters in a primary. You have to win hispanics, Asians and white voters as well. Look at the poll i gave you, Sanders is more popular among minorities than he is among white voters now. Its a media myth that minorities hate Sanders. It doesnt make sense.
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Its not enough to marginally win black voters in a primary. You have to win hispanics, Asians and white voters as well. Look at the poll i gave you, Sanders is more popular among minorities than he is among white voters now. Its a media myth that minorities hate Sanders. It doesnt make sense.
Sanders got destroyed in the Deep South because of the minority vote. So it's not a media myth .
What likely happened is that your poll is surveying minorities in Michigan and not Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee.
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The vast majority of his voters were above 30 years old though.
His main problem in the Dem primary was that so many minority voters didnt know much about him. If we look at the polls now, we see that he is viewed favorably by 73% of African Americans and 80% of Democrats, making him the most popular politician in the country.
Minority voters knew who he was, we chose to support Hillary Clinton over him.
And to be clear, Clinton had between 78% and 92% approval from African Americans when they were running against each other. So he still to this day hadn't gotten to her popularity.
And Clinton at her height had a 66% approval, overall 90% within the party .
He has a ways to go before he gets true front runner status especially since Joe Biden is already beating him in head to head polls
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