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Has Achieved Nirvana |
Wow. New Monmouth South Carolina poll numbers Biden 36% Sanders 16% Steyer 15% Warren 8% Buttigieg 6% Klobuchar 4%
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana  |
Wow is right. It's another reason why the caucus/primary system is all messed up, IMO. There are very different voter preferences out there, and Iowa/Nevada/New Hempshire don't represent all voters. | |||
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity  |
Ugh. Bloomberg needs to get out of the race, but so does Steyer!
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Minor Deity |
Yeah, I find the Tom Steyer one of the most baffling part about this. What am I looking for in a president? A rich guy that looks like Dana Carvey’s church lady charactor... | |||
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity  |
But this is just what the bettors thought going in, that Biden's advantage lay in states like SC. | |||
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
Re Steyer, he has spent a huge amount of money on ads in the Southeast (NS, SC, Georgia)
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Right but it wasn’t looking like this last week.
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana |
Here's my armchair psychology assessment: moderates are freaked out about Bernie. When the pollsters call, more of them say they're thinking about Biden than perhaps they might have said before Bernie became The Anointed One last week. It remains to be seen whether: 1) they actually vote in the primary; and 2) if I'm completely out of my mind.  | |||
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity |
You mean back when people there weren't really paying much attention ... | |||
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Has Achieved Nirvana |
Black people in South Carolina haven't been paying attention if they vote for Joe Biden. He was the architect of the prison industrial complex bill. Although in fairness Bernie Sanders made a dispicable and idiotic decision to vote for it in exchange for a paltry sum for domestic violence programs. | |||
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| knitterati Beatification Candidate  |
This whole primary seems like a stupid game. By the time Oregon has its primary, things may already be decided. Why can’t we all vote at the same time for primaries? Who made Iowa and New Hampshire the anointed ones? Why doesn’t my vote count? Rant rant rant
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
There’s something to be said for having some smallish states lead. The idea was that a relative unknown could practice retail politics without a large budget and compete. Jimmy Carter in Iowa was the poster child. Or even Santorum in a later age. To me the big problem is using the same states over and over. Mix it up a bit.
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
From 538.com this morning.
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Minor Deity |
. I agree. And stop making this whole process so damn long. How many debates are needed?
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana |
Yes, I like the idea of mixing it up--or getting a better representation of the US. Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada don't exactly do it. If they were to toss in a few states with large urban areas (like NYC, Boston, LA, Atlanta) that would make things more interesting, and more honest. My 2c | |||
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