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Uncle Joe

(58,364 posts) Wed Aug 15, 2018, 08:42 PM Aug 2018

BERNIE SANDERS WON MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY VOTES AS ALL REPUBLICANS COMBINED IN VERMONT

SENATE PRIMARY

Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who identifies as a Democratic-socialist, won Vermont’s Democratic Senate primary by a landslide Tuesday evening. Sanders's margin of victory was so high that he won more than twice as many votes as all Republican primary candidates combined.

With 99 percent of Vermont precincts reporting, Sanders took 94.4 percent of all Democratic votes, with his opponent, Folasade Adeluola, receiving just 5.6 percent. The 2016 presidential hopeful garnered 63,474 votes compared to the 24,755 votes that all Republican candidates running for Senate won in their primary combined.

Sanders, however, will decline the Democratic nomination and instead run as an independent in the general election as he has done in his previous campaigns for Senate.

The Vermont Democratic Party is fine with this practice, spokesman Christopher Di Mezzo said in an email to the Huffington Post. “The Vermont Democratic Party has a strong, productive and close relationship with Senator Sanders,” he wrote. “We are proud of his role as a leader in the US Senate Democratic Caucus, and as a powerful voice for Democratic values, issues and candidates.”

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https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-vermont-primary-votes-republicans-1074201

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BERNIE SANDERS WON MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY VOTES AS ALL REPUBLICANS COMBINED IN VERMONT (Original Post) Uncle Joe Aug 2018 OP

I still don't want him running for President in 2020 dhol82 Aug 2018 #1

That's the wonderful thing about America everybody gets to choose. Uncle Joe Aug 2018 #2

Yes, gotta love democracy!! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2018 #3

why? and lets be honest Stargazer99 Aug 2018 #4

First, he's too old dhol82 Aug 2018 #5

Considering his ideas are far cheaper than what we currently have... Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #7

And how will they be implemented with the large number of republicans in congress and the judiciary? dhol82 Aug 2018 #8

If they are enacted they will be cheaper. Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #9

"Bernie is too old" SkyDancer Aug 2018 #12

He's a spoiler and tRump will probably win MojoWrkn Aug 2018 #6

"Anybody opposing my preferred candidate is a spoiler!" SkyDancer Aug 2018 #11

Yay! He would carry Vermont in a general election! DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #10

Because he can't carry in a general? SkyDancer Aug 2018 #13

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

1. I still don't want him running for President in 2020

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Wed Aug 15, 2018, 08:49 PM

Aug 2018

Uncle Joe

(58,364 posts)

2. That's the wonderful thing about America everybody gets to choose.

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 15, 2018, 08:50 PM

Aug 2018

Peace to you dhol.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)

3. Yes, gotta love democracy!!

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 15, 2018, 09:23 PM

Aug 2018

Stargazer99

(2,585 posts)

4. why? and lets be honest

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 16, 2018, 01:38 AM

Aug 2018

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

5. First, he's too old

Reply to Stargazer99 (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 16, 2018, 06:48 AM

Aug 2018

Second, he doesn’t explain how he will pay for all of his wonderful ideas.
Third, how will he work with congress?
Fourth, how about those tax returns?

And, I don’t want to get into a pissing match. It’s just not fun for me.

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

7. Considering his ideas are far cheaper than what we currently have...

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 16, 2018, 01:44 PM

Aug 2018

Shouldnt be too hard.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

8. And how will they be implemented with the large number of republicans in congress and the judiciary?

Reply to Tiggeroshii (Reply #7)

Thu Aug 16, 2018, 03:02 PM

Aug 2018

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

9. If they are enacted they will be cheaper.

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #8)

Thu Aug 16, 2018, 03:29 PM

Aug 2018

Not sure what you are getting at. Any democratic president would have trouble with the many republicans in the judiciary. However congress has the power of the purse, which is likely to be in our control at the time of a new president.

SkyDancer

(561 posts)

12. "Bernie is too old"

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 17, 2018, 07:51 AM

Aug 2018

Yet he runs 5 miles a day, is the choice of young voters clearly, and saying "how do we pay for it" when it is spelled out on his website after being up for almost 3 years is a Paul Ryan talking point.

BUT HEY! Let's not be concerned with paying for that huge military budget we just gave Trump! Screw the people and their needs, we have bombs to lob!