Obama-Biden Democrat
Zyzz
Junior Chimp
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« on: July 21, 2015, 05:13:13 PM » |
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« edited: July 21, 2015, 05:23:25 PM by Zyzz »
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Obama would have lost to Hillary by a Bill Bradley v Al Gore esque margin in 2008, if he just had the same insurgent upper class Liberal vote like Sanders is capturing now. He was only able to just barely beat Hillary by fusing together the Gary Hart coalition with the Jesse Jackson coalition. Obama being the first potential black president was able to generate huge amounts of enthusiasm amongst black voters in the Democrat primary. Bernie is some old white dude, not exactly a favorable demographic especially considering how youthful and diverse the Democratic party is becoming.
Although the number of self identified Liberals in the 2008 and 2012 exit polls has seen an encouraging trend upwards. It used to be around 20 % of the electorate but in 2012 it is now 25% which would also mean more Liberals in the Democratic primary, which could help Bernie.
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