Pretty much everyone in my family that burns for Bernie is over 60. My 96 year old step mom is hardcore. Kind of like Nan on steroids.
I have to somewhat agree with Smedley on this one. My MIL and friends (the over 80 crowd) are NOT Bernie fans. Same with the 60 and over that I know of. In the AA community, he trails Biden by a pretty wide margin, especially among older voters.
Bernie appeal seems to go with the younger voters.
"Sen. Bernie Sanders came in second with 20 percent of support and led the field among black voters agedunder 35."
Based on my own random sample (okay, my 94-year-old mom), most of the older, long-term Democratic voters aren't as impressed with Bernie (to put it mildly) as his younger supporters.
Hey, Maplewood and South Orange folks. If you own a home here, you might be considered relatively better off, compared to some other people in other parts of the country. Also, you might have a college degree. Well, if that's the case, and you support Senator Warren, the Bernie campaign says that's a negative for her.
The script instructs Sanders volunteers to tell voters leaning toward the Massachusetts senator that the “people who support her are highly-educated, more affluent people who are going to show up and vote Democratic no matter what” and that “she's bringing no new bases into the Democratic Party.
"I like Elizabeth Warren. [optional]” the script begins. “In fact, she’s my second choice. But here’s my concern about her.” It then pivots to the criticisms of Warren.
The Sanders campaign did not challenge the authenticity of the script, but it declined to comment.
This is what I call divisive campaigning. Sickening and a cheap shot that is NOT true.
When Warren first announced her candidacy for Senator in Massachusetts, the announcement was made at a predominately African American college in the heart of Roxbury. Most of the folks who attended were low to middle class voters. She has reached out to ALL demographics regardless of income. Bernie and the staff working for him must feel threatened.
“They have affection for Sanders and appreciate what he’s done for the movement, as roughly one dozen voters explained to me this week. But Warren, they argued, is proffering a kinder, gentler version of progressivism—one that is rooted in her experience, simple to understand, and compelling enough to attract a broad swath of voters.
“She’s everything Bernie is—but a bit more electable,” said Joe Piluso, a 71-year-old former Sanders supporter and former social-services worker living in San Diego.”
Its been apparent for a long time that you would still hate Bernie if he started walking on water, raising the dead and turning water into wine. I have my reservations about his candidacy (mainly related to his age) but he can't possibly be as bad as you portray him.
I mean, its not like he is running around and touching people inappropriately or something.
In the AA community, he trails Biden by a pretty wide margin, especially among older voters.
Bernie appeal seems to go with the younger voters.
"Sen. Bernie Sanders came in second with 20 percent of support and led the field among black voters aged under 35."
I understand that, in many African American communities, the rotary phone poll generation makes up a disproportionate share of the voting public but these two statements obviously contradict each other. Add to that the fact that polling suggests that much but not all of Biden's support amongst African American voters rests on the misconception that he is electable.
In the AA community, he trails Biden by a pretty wide margin, especially among older voters.
Bernie appeal seems to go with the younger voters.
"Sen. Bernie Sanders came in second with 20 percent of support and led the field among black voters aged under 35."
I understand that, in many African American communities, the rotary phone poll generation makes up a disproportionate share of the voting public but these two statements obviously contradict each other.
I don’t see the contradiction. Among black respondents in that poll, Biden led Sanders 48% to 20% — “a pretty wide margin.”
I couldn’t find the 18-to-34 age margins, but Biden could easily trail Sanders by a few points, or even several, among that group (a 16-year range that is, what, less than one-third of the electorate?) and still build a 28-point advantage over all.
The controversial talking points attacking Elizabeth Warren that Bernie Sanders' campaign deployed were given to teams in at least two early voting states on Friday, three Sanders campaign officials confirmed.
Volunteers and staffers used the script on Saturday while canvassing for votes. But later in the day, after POLITICO reported on language in the script describing Warren's appeal as limited to the highly educated and financially well off, the campaign pulled it back.
Trump is a Bully and has bullied many Democrats to believe he is going to be re-elected despite his low approval ratings, revulsion against him by many who voted for him or did not vote, disappointment or "buyer's remorse" by others who voted for him and the "perfect storm" including Hillary's baggage and Comey's "October Surprise" that led to his very narrow victory.
I will try my best to remain optimistic and positive.
There’s a lesson here: If you're a former vice president, you’re a cut above the typical default candidate. First, the nomination is yours for the taking. George H.W. Bush’s vice president, Dan Quayle, is the only former veep to have sought and lost the party nomination in the primary era. Second, you’ve got a real shot in November. The general-election losers in this category were nearly winners: Nixon in 1960 effectively tied JFK in the popular vote; Humphrey in 1968 lost by less than a percentage point; Ford would have won in 1976 with the shift of a few thousand votes in Mississippi and Ohio; Gore won the popular vote in 2000 and lost by 537 votes out of 6 million in Florida.
yeah, well, he's been struggling from the get go. It was just a matter of time.