2020 Presidential Race

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A Major Fear for Democrats: Will the Party Come Together by November?

Even the goal of defeating President Trump isn’t enough for some voters to commit to backing the eventual Democratic nominee, expressing a clear aversion to a candidate who is too liberal or centrist for their tastes.

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FORT DODGE, Iowa — Democrats have always represented a cacophonous array of individuals and interests, but the so-called big tent is now stretching over a constituency so unwieldy that it’s easy to understand why voters remain torn this close to Iowa, where no clear front-runner has emerged.

The party’s voters are splintered across generational, racial and ideological lines, prompting some liberals to express reluctance about rallying behind a moderate presidential nominee, and those closer to the political middle to voice unease with a progressive standard-bearer.

The lack of a united front has many party leaders anxious — and for good reason. In over 50 interviews across three early-voting states — Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina — a number of Democratic primary voters expressed grave reservations about the current field of candidates, and in some cases a clear reluctance to vote for a nominee who was too liberal or too centrist for their tastes.

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As she walked out of a campaign event for former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in Fort Dodge this week, Barbara Birkett said she was leaning toward caucusing for Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, and dismissed the notion of even considering the two progressives in the race, Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.

“No, I’m more of a Republican and that’s just a little bit too far to the left for me,” said Ms. Birkett, a retiree. She said that she’d like to support a Democrat this November because of her disdain for Mr. Trump but that Mr. Sanders would “be a hard one.”

Elsewhere on the increasingly broad Democratic spectrum, Pete Doyle, who attended a Sanders rally in Manchester, N.H., last weekend, had a ready answer when asked about voting for Mr. Biden: “Never in a million years.” He said that if Mr. Biden won the nomination, he would either vote for a third-party nominee or sit out the general election.

The uncertainty about party unity has been exacerbated in recent days by clashes among the Democratic candidates, as well as one involving a prominent party leader.

The lack of consensus among Democratic voters, 10 days before the presidential nominating primary begins with the Iowa caucuses, has led some party leaders to make unusually fervent and early pleas for unity. On Monday alone, a pair of influential Democratic congressmen issued strikingly similar warnings to very different audiences in very different states.

A Major Fear for Democrats: Will the Party Come Together by November?
 
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0nelilreb said:
Identity politics eats its own .. again .
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Good point. I have always wondered how they keep their consorted rabble of a coalition together. Kind of like the Title 9 and transgender issues are starting to collide. They used to represent the middle class worker and family and even that seems to of been discarded in the name of various aggrieved.
 
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Bernie Sanders Iowa co-chairman warns of interference from Democratic Party

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A leader of Bernie Sanders's campaign in Iowa told staff members and volunteers to be aware of leaders within the Democratic Party who want to stop the momentum of the Vermont senator's White House run.

"As you can see, when power is threatened, power is resilient. When power is threatened, it responds," said Stacey Walker, the Sanders campaign Iowa co-chairman at a staff meeting Friday afternoon. "We're seeing that right now on the national level with very important establishment voices trying to warn the rest of their people about this growing movement. But this movement is also strong."

Walker, who was the first black supervisor elected to the board of Linn County, Iowa, also worked for President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection and for the Obama-affiliated political action committee Organizing for Action.

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Franklin Pierce said:
Bernie Sanders Iowa co-chairman warns of interference from Democratic Party

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A leader of Bernie Sanders's campaign in Iowa told staff members and volunteers to be aware of leaders within the Democratic Party who want to stop the momentum of the Vermont senator's White House run.

"As you can see, when power is threatened, power is resilient. When power is threatened, it responds," said Stacey Walker, the Sanders campaign Iowa co-chairman at a staff meeting Friday afternoon. "We're seeing that right now on the national level with very important establishment voices trying to warn the rest of their people about this growing movement. But this movement is also strong."

Walker, who was the first black supervisor elected to the board of Linn County, Iowa, also worked for President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection and for the Obama-affiliated political action committee Organizing for Action.

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He is right you know. Almost sounds like the deep state don't it Bernski? Bernie the fool should of ran as an Indie or another party after last time.
 
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New danger: Younger voters not jazzed about Democrats, Yang 8%, Buttigieg 3%

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are falling short of former President Barack Obama’s support among younger voters, raising a new hurdle to the party’s bid to dump President Trump.

A new poll of voters under 30 — millennials and Generation Z — have also abandoned younger candidates in the race, such as former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, favoring the oldest in the race, Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden.

The Forbes Under 30 Poll, conducted by John Zogby Strategies, found that Sanders is the favorite of younger voters at 32%. Biden is second at 16%. Andrew Yang is at 8%. Buttigieg is last at 3%, tied with Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.

The analysis included a warning about the level of support younger voters have for the Democrats. “Any of these candidates is going to need to shore up young, undecided voters if he or she is going to beat Trump: Barack Obama carried 66% and 60% of young voters in 2008 and 2012, respectively,” said the Forbes report.

New danger: Younger voters not jazzed about Democrats, Yang 8%, Buttigieg 3%
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
New danger: Younger voters not jazzed about Democrats, Yang 8%, Buttigieg 3%

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are falling short of former President Barack Obama’s support among younger voters, raising a new hurdle to the party’s bid to dump President Trump.

A new poll of voters under 30 — millennials and Generation Z — have also abandoned younger candidates in the race, such as former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, favoring the oldest in the race, Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden.

The Forbes Under 30 Poll, conducted by John Zogby Strategies, found that Sanders is the favorite of younger voters at 32%. Biden is second at 16%. Andrew Yang is at 8%. Buttigieg is last at 3%, tied with Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.

The analysis included a warning about the level of support younger voters have for the Democrats. “Any of these candidates is going to need to shore up young, undecided voters if he or she is going to beat Trump: Barack Obama carried 66% and 60% of young voters in 2008 and 2012, respectively,” said the Forbes report.

New danger: Younger voters not jazzed about Democrats, Yang 8%, Buttigieg 3%
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Waiting on Zep to come here and refute those numbers.....he'll tell you those numbers for his Pete are too low.
 
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My. My. Trump the stable genius:

(1) Attends pro life rally (60% oppose 38% support); then
(2) Declares he's gonna cut Social Security (virrually every old person opposed).

Glad to see he plans on losing.
 
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MontyPython said:
My. My. Trump the stable genius:

(1) Attends pro life rally (60% oppose 38% support); then
(2) Declares he's gonna cut Social Security (virrually every old person opposed).

Glad to see he plans on losing.
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Remember that he never actually wanted to win the job in the first place. He was just looking to get a new TV deal.
 
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615vols said:
That’s great, but you’re avoiding the question. Who are you supporting? Seems like you’re hesitant to say who. Wonder why that is 😂
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Fair enough. If I had my druthers, I'd say probably Biden. Pretty centrist, and he's the most electable.
 
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