
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: The benefit of the Democrats denouncing Sanders's selfishness [View all]Gothmog
(166,564 posts)The cooperative Congressional Campaign Survey show that the sanders supporters who voted for trump in 2016 were racists who hated President Obama. The 15% of sanders supporters who are telling pollsters that they intend to vote for trump unless the will of the majority of the party is disregarded and sanders is anointed overlaps with the 2016 voters who voted by trump or who otherwise helped to elect trump. Read the material posted
I doubt that there are any DU members in that group. DU is a site whose purpose is to elect more Democrats and fewer republicans to office. Hopefully the DUers who are supporting sanders are in the 75% who voted for Clinton in 2016 and the 80% to 85% of sanders supporters who are telling pollsters that they will vote for Vice President Biden. iIf there are DU members who voted for trump in 2016 or who plan to vote for trump this cycle, then such persons are violating the core principles of this board.
I am a proud member of the Democratic Party and I will be voting for the nominee of the party
Joe Biden won South Carolina and a ton of other primaries due to the support of African American voters who are key members of the base of the party. It would be a foolish waste of time to try to win the support of the white racist sanders supporters who hate President Obama and who voted for trump in 2016. The party should not try to appease these racist sanders supporters and since these voters hated President Obama, these voters will not support the candidate who is closest to President Obama
Again I am glad that the primaries are over and that Joe Biden is in general election mode. There is no need to attempt to appease sanders supporters more than what has already been done

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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