Posted on 02/26/2020 4:44:34 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernie Sanders’ Democratic presidential rivals warn that nominating the self-described democratic socialist will ensure President Donald Trump’s re-election, but a growing number of the party’s voters see the senator as their best chance of winning in November.
Sanders’ dominating performance in last week’s Nevada caucuses, powered by growing support across age, race and ideology, has set off alarm bells among Democratic Party officials who believe putting the progressive stalwart at the top of the ticket will harm the party’s chances up and down the ballot.
Sanders’ electability was a prime topic at Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina. Rivals contended his ambitious liberal policy ideas, such as Medicare for All, which would replace private health insurance, would be an electoral “catastrophe,” costing the party the White House and control of Congress.
Some 26% of Democrats and independents polled Feb. 17-25 said they believed Sanders was the strongest Democrat in a head-to-head matchup with Trump, compared with 20% who picked billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg and 17% who named former Vice President Joe Biden.
That was a big change from a month earlier, when 27% of respondents gave Biden the edge, and just 17% thought Sanders could beat Trump.
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go bernie go!!!
“a growing number of Democrat voters” say a lot of things. And 99% is uninformed crap.
in 2020 America -—yes !
The same polls that showed Trump would be the easiest to beat are showing that Sanders is the toughest to beat.
Democrats are being lulled into a big mistake.
Sanders at the top is bad enough....but his impact on congressional races would be massively negative.
Bernie/Pete 2020. Dream ticket.
Because that is all the ignorant, partisan, desperate people on the Left have to go on.
That’s it.
What’s the turn out been for the primaries this year ?
Yep. Among other things he is not even a Democrat.
Although that may be splitting hairs - Democrats are socialists.
Reuters smoking crack again.....
It looks like some folks have noticed Biden is senile—had me worried there for a while. ;-)
Although it is Free Republic dogma that it doesn’t matter, Hillary won the popular vote. There are in fact more of them then there are of us.
One perceived mistake hyped till hell freezes over can wound President Trump and bleed him to elective deathr
I keep reading how conservatives should help Bernie gets the nomination because he could never win and he’ll damage down-ballots Democrats. Does anyone else here remember 2016? We heard the exact same things said about Donald Trump over and over again.
We’re assuming Bernie Sanders won’t win because Americans value their freedom and hate Communism? Try asking any random person (not a Freeper) who Stalin was or what the Gulag Archipelago was. Then ask them what they think of “Free Health Care for All™”. I think we should do everything possible to help the Democrats keep the nomination from Bernie.
Never underestimate the stupidity of the democrap party. Last time I said they would never be stupid enough to nominate Hillary. They did, which convinces me 100% they will nominate bread line Bernie. This is going to get very interesting. Trump vs. an 80 year old communist hunchback.... just like last time LOL
The Demonicrats are just as much lunatics as they are lying, murdering traitors.
The deep state CDC lady yesterday could very well be a part of the latest wounding attempt.
No link in the article to the poll or the poll’s methodology.
Go figure.
On a cold day in Hades. Get thee to a trump rally, my FRiend, if you want an idea. We're talking broken glass.
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