Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumJoe should go to California
and get Kamala to endorse. The optics would be incredible.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
drray23
(7,637 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,696 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
StevieM
(10,500 posts)It might be more like half.
Second, if he does much better on primary day than he does in the early voting, that might be enough to get him over 15 percent, which will allow him to collect delegates.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DarthDem
(5,256 posts)There's a link to this, right?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Zoonart
(11,879 posts)As his VP and kill it in the news cycle.
A girl can dream.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
trickyguy
(769 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
flamingdem
(39,328 posts)Bernie is way ahead here ):
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
question everything
(47,537 posts)I don't know how Harris is popular with the Democrats in CA. You cannot like her and like Sanders at the same time.
But Obama won CA in 2008, Hillary won CA in 2016 there have to be enough Democrats who would prefer a steady hand to wild ideas of a lone runner.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Mister Ed
(5,944 posts)Maybe I'm just too easy.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
StevieM
(10,500 posts)But Hillary won the California primary in 2008.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
question everything
(47,537 posts)And this is where her advisors screwed up. They thought that, once she won CA it was a clear sailing, did not realize that CA was not a winner take all.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
StevieM
(10,500 posts)I think they understood that it wasn't winner take all. But they also thought that SDs would react differently than they did. I think they expected the SDs to ultimately do one of two things:
1) Most SDs would vote for the candidate who won their state.
2) Most SDs would look at the primary race through the prism of the electoral college when determining who won.
Obama made the argument, for the first time, that pledged delegates are essentially the equivalent of electoral votes and super delegates are essentially the equivalent of honored guests to the convention. And the PD winner, even if they only won by 1 delegate, did not get the nomination then that meant that the SDs had "overturned" the will of the elected PDs.
That was what was so ridiculous about Bernie claiming in 2016 that the SDs were ever going to put Hillary over the top, even if Bernie won the support of the people. The whole concept of treating the PD winner as the rightful winner was established in order to deny HRC the nomination in the previous election. And SDs who supported Hillary would undoubtedly have gone over to Bernie had he won the PDs, just like they did with Obama in 2008.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PatSeg
(47,613 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Codeine
(25,586 posts)California likes to vote by mail.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
StevieM
(10,500 posts)It may be that half turn out and vote in Tuesday. And that second half could be enough to put him over 15 percent, which will allow him to collect delegates.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Maybe even some dispirited voters might feel a bit energized by the margin of victory in SC and step up to cast their vote for Biden.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Squinch
(51,021 posts)Before Tuesday.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Codeine
(25,586 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Codeine
(25,586 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Qutzupalotl
(14,332 posts)is enough to shift the tide in all the states on Tuesday. A surge in California would have the biggest gains. Plus the ticket will absolutely crush Trump/Anyone.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
StevieM
(10,500 posts)That could help him cross the 15 percent threshold that is needed to collect delegates from California.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
madville
(7,412 posts)Dont see those two exchanging Christmas cards anytime soon.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)she dropped out before she had to. VP? My first choice is Beto, but Harris would do just fine.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Ace Rothstein
(3,184 posts)Wouldn't make much of an impact.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden