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Democratic Presidential Primary |February OT| It Can't be Worse than Iowa, Right? (Discussion Guidelines in OP)

Who's Going to Win South Carolina?

  • Joe Biden

    Votes: 585 39.2%

  • Bernie Sanders

    Votes: 853 57.2%

  • Elizabeth Warren

    Votes: 24 1.6%

  • Pete Buttigieg

    Votes: 7 0.5%

  • THE KLOBBERER

    Votes: 16 1.1%

  • Tom Steyer

    Votes: 6 0.4%
  • Total voters
    1,491
  • Poll closed .
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Sectorseven

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I heard the pope is being tested for corona virus.

With the candidates potentially meeting hundreds of people each day, is there a chance the campaigns might scale back their one on one interactions with voters, and what kind of effect will that have (in terms of campaigning, not spreading/catching the virus)?
 

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gutter_trash said:
I know some are not happy about Biden winning SC but understand this, he is actually a huge cock block to Bloomberg

Biden staying in the race robs Bloomberg of allot of older voters

this is why Biden is actually good for Bernie

without Biden, Bloomberg could walk away with Florida huge. But Biden sticking around divides the vote him preventing Bloomberg from easily taking Florida
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I sincerely hope Biden can beat Bloomberg. Bloomberg has no business being in this primary.
 

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Rats said:
He's never going to win on votes, and if the party somehow gives him the nomination they're going to reap exactly what they're sowing.
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that's why I'm worried!

I don't think anyone's fooling themselves anymore that biden can beat trump and dems have been lining up to support bloomberg

he's got the money to stay in until the bitter end and he's got a worrying amount of support already
 

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gutter_trash said:
I know some are not happy about Biden winning SC but understand this, he is actually a huge cock block to Bloomberg

Biden staying in the race robs Bloomberg of allot of older voters

this is why Biden is actually good for Bernie

without Biden, Bloomberg could walk away with Florida huge. But Biden sticking around divides the vote him preventing Bloomberg from easily taking Florida
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agreed 100%, longer biden is in bloomberg is out. Not only with voters but delegates will undoubtedly prefer voting for Biden over bloomberg

the only question is that of financial stamina. Biden needs money to stay in the race
 

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Sectorseven said:
I heard the pope is being tested for corona virus.

With the candidates potentially meeting hundreds of people each day, is there a chance the campaigns might scale back their one on one interactions with voters, and what kind of effect will that have?
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COVID-19 will probably end up having a huge impact on this election, and that's just one way.

I'm a little worried about how it will impact turnout, both in the primary and the general.
 

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Matt said:
COVID-19 will probably end up having a huge impact on this election, and that's just one way.
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Bernie needs to immediately start talking about how M4A increases COVID-19 detection. This needs to be hammered as a real wake-up call for the portion of people who are like "well I already have healthcare from my union/job so why do I want medicare?" because a healthy populace also benefits you.

Just paint a descriptive story about a person who has symptoms and can't afford to go to the doctor, and ends up unknowingly spreading the virus.
 
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Psychoward said:
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I wish the NJ primary wasn't in June so I'd actually be able to see a concert at a rally, by then I don't think anyone will actually care :/
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The Lucy Dacus Band.

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I hope the California numbers hold. That's gonna be a significant delegate lead.
 
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Sectorseven said:
I heard the pope is being tested for corona virus.

With the candidates potentially meeting hundreds of people each day, is there a chance the campaigns might scale back their one on one interactions with voters, and what kind of effect will that have (in terms of campaigning, not spreading/catching the virus)?
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The general first step of containment is to ban any large gatherings of people, especially if those gatherings involve people travelling from a distance to attend and then going back.

This will mean that rallies will become hazards, and that would certainly affect campaigning. If it became a long-term concern it would affect the general election as well. I can't imagine Trump giving up on his ego-boosting rallies, though, and equally can't imagine his supporters choosing to stay away.
 
darkside

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Matt said:
COVID-19 will probably end up having a huge impact on this election, and that's just one way.

I'm a little worried about how it will impact turnout, both in the primary and the general.
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I mean if things get bad enough will there even be an election?

Nothing would surprise me these days. Trump canceling an election he thinks he is going to lose with the excuse of martial law or whatever doesn't seem impossible.

HipsterMorty said:
Nice!! Sanders winning all the CA delegates would be a nice way to dispel the Biden comeback narrative that I'm sure we'll see after SC.
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Even in this scenario he wouldn't actually win -all- the delegates. A lot of the delegates are still proportioned by CD so if they're above 15% in those districts they still get them.
 
thePopaShots

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I want to believe those Texas numbers, because if he wins Texas by five points or more this thing is over, but my heart's been broken too many times.
 
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Unrelated but this video showed up on my feed, I randomly fast forward and what do I see? Will.I.am doing a hologram interview with Anderson Cooper in 2008. What a strange moment



They should hologram interview Ja Rule to give us his opinion on the primaries
 
Mekanos

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Finally filled out my mail in ballot. Hoping for a landslide here in California for Bernie.
 
Mekanos

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I'm really glad California is on Super Tuesday this year, in 2016 we came too late for my vote for Bernie to mean anything. This time it feels way different.
 

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darkside

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Do people want the person with the most actual votes to be the nominee or the one with the most pledged delegates... because those are 2 entirely different things.

I'd rather not see a rerun of the 08 primary
 

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darkside said:
Do people want the person with the most actual votes to be the nominee or the one with the most pledged delegates... because those are 2 entirely different things.

I'd rather not see a rerun of the 08 primary
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I don't see how this isn't going to be the same person with the way things are looking right now
 
darkside

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TorianElecdra said:
California alone will make Bernie #1 in both.
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I guess I don't share the optimism that this will be "wrapped up" with Super Tuesday.

It was over in 16 when Hillary had a 200+ delegate lead and a favorable slate of contests to go in March, I don't think either of those things will happen for Bernie but we'll see.

I think if Bernie is up by like ~150 after Tuesday its totally reasonable for someone else to catch him still.
 

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Nox said:
It is absolutely ridiculous, but on the other hand a great way of getting ready for all the weird attacks Fox et al are gonna put out during the General
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"Look I know we say every one of these dem nominees is a dirty rotten no-good socialist but Sanders here is a turbo dirty rotten no-good socialist"
 

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darkside said:
I guess I don't share the optimism that this will be "wrapped up" with Super Tuesday.

It was over in 16 when Hillary had a 200+ delegate lead and a favorable slate of contests to go in March, I don't think either of those things will happen for Bernie but we'll see.

I think if Bernie is up by like ~150 after Tuesday its totally reasonable for someone else to catch him still.
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He could very well net way more than that on Super Tuesday, but we won't know for a few weeks due to how slow California counts and how much it depends on people ending up above 15% in each congressional district and overall in the state. He could technically be an overwhelming favorite after Super Tuesday and we won't know it until after the next slate of states comes in.
 
Ottaro

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It is pretty exciting that we're having the two largest states on the same day. When's the last time that happened?

Tuesday night is gonna be wild.
 
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