Favorite Democratic runner-up

[Dr. MB]

Who was your favorite Democratic primary runner up?

Bernie for me.

[Mr. Smith]

Jackson

[darklordoftech]

Undecided between Brown and Bernie.

[ON Progressive]

Bernie for me. He was the man that really got me paying lots of attention to politics in the first place.

Jesse Jackson is also excellent.

[America Needs R'hllor]

1. Jerry Brown

2. Hillary Clinton
3. Gary Hart
4. Ted Kennedy

5. Bill Bradley

6. Jesse Jackson
7. Bernie Sanders
8. John Edwards

Bernie is probably the most overrated politician in America.

[Lechasseur]

John Edwards I guess (ugh)

[136or142]

Jesse Jackson in 1988 could have been a very interesting candidate.  His 'Rainbow Coalition'  was the only real attempt I can think of in modern times to unite poor and lower middle class Americans of all races into a cause of fighting the (already) growing income inequality and it succeeded to a surprising degree (1/3 of Jesse Jackson's 6.6 million primary votes in 1988 were white.)
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/13/us/jackson-share-of-votes-by-whites-triples-in-88.html

This provides an inspiring example of Jesse Jackson's 'Rainbow Coalition':

The wide range of Jackson’s clarion call brought together former enemies in American life. Jackson recalled meeting a group of white supporters in Alabama who said, “We were with you in Selma.” After Jackson thanked them, they said, “You don’t understand, we were on the other side.”

White family farmers facing foreclosure became a key constituency of Jackson’s. Jackson explained. “The poor, white, rural farmer facing foreclosure, called himself conservative. The poor, black displaced worker, feeling rejected, called himself liberal. They were in the same situation, but they never met.”

“Economic common ground” became a refrain of the Jackson campaign, long before the “99 percent” became part of the public vernacular. “We said, ‘if we could leave the racial battleground for economic common ground, we can find the moral higher ground.’ That’s how we got the rhythm.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-unsung-heroism-of-jesse-jackson


If only Jesse Jackson had been a more credible candidate himself, who knows how he could have changed the United States.

My understanding though is that Stacey Abrams in Georgia is running a very similar 'Rainbow Coalition' campaign.

[😥]

1.Ted Kennedy
2.Jerry Brown
3.Gary Hart
4.Hillary Clinton
5.Bill Bradley
6.John Edwards
7.Bernie Sanders
8.Jesse Jeckson

[Peanut]

Hillary.

Extremely easy vote for Rev. Jackson, who I had the pleasure of meeting a few months ago.

Really? He'd be a very interesting person to meet.

[Santander]

Hillary, by far.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Bernie. The others are all terribles.

[VPH]

Ted Kennedy. There's a good body of evidence that Kennedy would have defeated Reagan if he had gotten through the 1980 primaries. Kennedy was winning liberal support as well as urban ethnic support and consistently outshined Carter in the polls. Check out "Kennedy Vs Carter-the 1980 Battle for the Democratic Party's Soul" if you want a good book about this.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Ted Kennedy. There's a good body of evidence that Kennedy would have defeated Reagan if he had gotten through the 1980 primaries. Kennedy was winning liberal support as well as urban ethnic support and consistently outshined Carter in the polls. Check out "Kennedy Vs Carter-the 1980 Battle for the Democratic Party's Soul" if you want a good book about this.

[Yellowhammer]

Edwards is the least awful.

[Kingpoleon]

Jerry Brown
Gary Hart
Bill Bradley

Jesse Jackson
Bernie Sanders

John Edwards(not a supporter of cheating)
Hillary Clinton(not a supporter of rape)
Ted Kennedy(not a supporter of manslaughter)

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

Brown circa ‘76/‘92). Sanders if we’re discussing the candidates as they are in 2018.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Definitely not Bernie Sanders. I really have no idea about how I would rank the others.

[Grassroots]

Edwards

[MR DARK BRANDON]

1. Bernie Sanders
2. Hillary Clinton
3. Jerry Brown

4. Ted Kennedy

5. Jesse Jackson

6. Gary Hart
7. Bill Bradley


8. John Edwards

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

The only one was Teddy Kennedy for me

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Sanders and Jackson. Jackson stood up for workers more than any other, he would have rallied the nation against outsourcing as President.

[dw93]

1. Bernie Sanders
2. Jesse Jackson (solely for his Presidential Campaigns, not for actions since)
3. Hillary Clinton (2008 obviously, not 2016)
4. Jerry Brown
5. Ted Kennedy
6. John Edwards
7. Gary Hart
8. Bill Bradley

[OSR stands with Israel]

Ted Kennedy. There's a good body of evidence that Kennedy would have defeated Reagan if he had gotten through the 1980 primaries. Kennedy was winning liberal support as well as urban ethnic support and consistently outshined Carter in the polls. Check out "Kennedy Vs Carter-the 1980 Battle for the Democratic Party's Soul" if you want a good book about this.

Ted Kennedy would have done better than Carter but still handily lost

Reagan 369
Kennedy 169

Democrats maybe hold on to Senate though

[Dukakisite1988]

Teddy. I like Massachusetts politicians.