Super Tuesday Results Thread

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

I hate the "Beat Trump vs. Agree on Issues" question because it cuts both ways depending on the viewpoint of the respondent

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Wow, and to think i had made peace with Bernie being the nominee just a few days ago

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Even though I don't like Bernie, this is so frustrating to read. It's our future and we just sit idly by and let others decide for us, and then we complain.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

The results shows that Sanders is struggling to grow beyond his core base despite other candidates dropping out.  This is surprising when compared to the Trump experience in 2016. 

Polls back in 2016 showed that early in the GOP primary process Trump's net approvals with GOP voters were clearly more negative when compared to other candidates and Trump also were behind other key GOP rivals head-to-head in polls.  Yet Trump gained vote share as other GOP candidates dropped out. 

In 2020 Sanders have fairly high favorables with Dem primary voters in polls and are ahead of other key Dem candidates in head-to-head polls.  It is strange that Sanders cannot grow beyond his core 25%-30% base despite other Dem candidates dropping out. 

The only reason I can think of is a) Cruz is also disliked by the GOP Establishment so they never really tried to consolidate support behind Cruz as an alternative and b) In 2020 the desire to defeat Trump is so high in the Dem base that potential Sanders voters shifted to Biden as the consensus choice to end the primary  as early as possible to then focus on Trump.

I think it's even simpler: people just......like Joe Biden.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

It's really interesting to see the AA vote, one would expect the AA votes would go to Bernie since I assume his policies would most benefit people of colour since they're usually less well off financially.

Guess his only problem is that he didn't happen to be Obama's little helper back in the day.

Not the way I'd choose if I was an AA, but I understand I guess. 

There are dozens upon dozens of articles explaining, in great detail, why black voters vote they way they do. You can easily find them. It's not just being "Obama's little helper", which is a very superficial and dismissive way of looking at it, like your previous comment about Democrats "screaming about minorities". It has everything to do with history, with trust, with speaking to their issues, and taking the time to build relationships with them. Please take the time to read up on it.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Oh hello there

This is just a friendly reminder that Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar were still in the presidential race during the same month that we are currently in

(screams)