Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumCBS News Poll Analysis: Majority of Democrats want a candidate who will unite the country
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-poll-analysis-majority-of-democrats-want-a-candidate-who-will-unite-the-country/Most Democratic voters have a desire for someone who is hopeful about the future of the county and will try to unify it. But the most liberal Democratic voters differ from the party overall in some of their candidate priorities.
By more than two to one, Democrats are looking for someone who will unite the country rather than push for more liberal policies. They also overwhelmingly prefer a candidate who expresses a hopeful tone about the potential of the country (82%), instead of anger about the state of it (18%).
There is more division about the approach a Democratic presidential candidate should take toward Republicans. 54% want someone who will work with Republicans to get things done, while 46% prefer a candidate who will fight Republicans to stop their agenda.
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The article goes on to say that the group identifying as "very liberal," about a third of Democrats, have a different focus than the party overall.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)After 8 years of spitting in our faces, why do we have to make nice with the Republicans.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
subterranean
(3,427 posts)to get things done, if the Republicans were willing to reciprocate. But the Republicans have made it crystal clear that they have zero interest in working with any Democratic President.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Indygram
(2,113 posts)eom
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
highplainsdem
(49,029 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Indygram
(2,113 posts)That poll shows Beto as the most electable against Trump. Beto is running on a message of unity. He has a proven record of listening to and respecting even those who don't agree with him. He still appeals to progressives without turning off moderates. After the debates I think we will see the polls look very different. Right now many people don't know what Biden's policy positions are but that will change over time and he may lose some of his early luster at that point.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
highplainsdem
(49,029 posts)Trump by the widest margins.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Indygram
(2,113 posts)eom
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
highplainsdem
(49,029 posts)Beto's supporters. As I've said elsewhere, I like Beto:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/128721840
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Skya Rhen
(2,701 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)But you are right that things may change after the debates. Biden will have a lot of competition on stage. Expectations are high for him. If he doesn't meet expectations, then he may be seen to "lose" even if he actually does pretty well.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BeyondGeography
(39,378 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
peggysue2
(10,839 posts)Particularly after 3 wretched years of being bombarded with ugly and cruel. The candidate who believes in the future of the country, who expresses that effectively, will have a leg up.
However, working with the current crop of Republicans is pie in the sky from where I sit. McConnell has already said that if Trump is replaced he will continue the strategy of scorched earth politics, making sure nada gets done. It's going to take someone with an extraordinary set of skills to counter that mindset and restore a sense of sanity.
As for the 'very liberal' set? A number of studies have shown that the 'liberal' label, its very definition, is in the eye of the beholder. The 'very' liberal, far left segment in the vein of Sanders or AOC only represent 10% of the Democratic electorate which is a far cry from a 'third of Dems.'
Uniting the country will be an arduous task. But I agree: it's a task that must be undertaken.
But first, we need to win. Everywhere.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Peacetrain
(22,878 posts)We need that person who can bring out our better angels.. there are people on the right who have left their party and others who have gone deep into the madness.. and literally sold their souls ... we definitely need a uniter..
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)our nation above all.
As part of that process to use the opportunities created by technological changes, Republicans and institutionalized corruption, climate change, foreign attacks, smashing of democratic norms and court packing, election theft, transfer of wealth and power to a few, and other disasters to, as much as possible, improve and upgrade, to advance our nation in the process of rescuing it.
Both of course are what this poll shows a large majority want. THIS is also how very liberal people think, both sensible and idealistic.
Liberal does not equate to stupid or radical dysfunction.
We are united in goals.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Politicub
(12,165 posts)He strikes the most hopeful tone about the country, IMHO. And at the same time, Biden doesn't pull punches when he yokes the GOP to all of the hate it has spawned.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DCofVA
(714 posts)Im not a pessimist. Im just a realist. The Trump base will still be here even when Trump is no longer President. The new Democratic President could move to the insane Right but, it will have no effect of winning the Republicans over so, why bother?
Ive come to think of the Trump base simply as an obstacle, like a road bump. It cant be reasoned with. All the Democrats have to do is figure out a way to get around the obstacle. It's on the right so, we need to go left. Its going to take a lot of momentum but, it can be done.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)They were always there and will remain. But Trumpism has given them voice. It has been a radicalizing agent. Trump himself, as the president, has given them a platform, promised to satisfy their every sick whim, and in calling them my voters give them a standing in this country they have not had post civil rights act.
Without Trump, they have less oxygen, and they will not have that stamp of approval, say in policy they urgently want. He fulfilled their wildest dreams.
Without him, they crawl back to their holes on the internet, their fortified compounds, and hopefully the FBI goes back to monitoring them with the resources to do so.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)because most people, not just Democrats, would like this country to be far more united than it is under Trump.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden