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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Keep in though that that particular survey focused on the youth vote and is a little out of date by this point. It may not reflect what is going on with Sander's wider base now.
Heyyyyyyy, this is neat
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Democratic vs. Republican occupations.
I'm a Library Assistant right now, so I guess that makes me a Librarian? My complement is a Logger. ;p Weird.
edited 11th May '16 7:54:16 PM by Keybreak
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stayA Logger cuts the wood that makes the paper for the books that a library loans out which is where a Librarian works at.
edited 11th May '16 8:01:47 PM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food BadlyYes, Nixon was going to introduce a universal basic income scheme. NIXON.
The US and the entire western world could've have one of the best ways to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality decades ago, had it not been for a dodgy royal commission over a century earlier and an Ayn Rand fan. Well, now I know what else we can blame Ayn Rand for.
I suspect that it's written by one of the #Burn It All Down (sorry I mean #Bernie Or Bust) lot. The group it polled explains it all, if you assess Sanders supporters based just on what idiots claiming to be supports say on social media that's probably the right result, but Sanders is more then a socal media fad and his support base is much larger then a few idiots on Twitter or Reddit.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranYep. Nixon's plan was virtually identical to Obamacare, (even had the same architect of the plan advising Obama) and was the conservative response to a liberal Congress led by Ted Kennedy that was pushing hard for single payer.
| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |"The truly idiotic thing about that article was it seemed to be supportive of voting Trump over Clinton, as if a vote for Trump would solve any of the problems the Sanders supporters are on about."
There are certain elements of Bernie's fanbase that suffers from Black-and-White Insanity re: Hillary vs. Trump, or prefer a disastrous Trump presidency in order to radicalize the opposition and bring about "the revolution." It's exactly as idiotic as it sounds.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."This recent article
convincingly argues very much the opposite point, that the vast majority of Sanders' voters will never vote for Trump. Simply put, despite some superficial similarities, there's far too much of an ideological gap between the two. Trump will not be able to properly court Sanders' voters without alienating the voter base that made him the GOP nominee in the first place — and you'll notice that Trump has already shedded some of his more leftist views in favour of party orthodoxy (like immediately backtracking on his recent statement about wanting higher taxes on the wealthy).
X3 I don't know what stopped Clinton but I know that early attempts were stopped because any national healthcare plan would require desegregation hospitals, which wasn't going to happen.
(Vox) Hillary Clinton wants Medicare Buy-In
(Richard Mayhew) Medicare Buy-In Thoughts
Note, this is a hold-over policy idea the Clintons were chasing over in the 90s. The basic concept is people on the cusp of retirement and not 65 yet can buy into Medicare so they don't have a blank period between Work was covering them and getting Medicare to cover them.
edited 12th May '16 4:10:35 AM by PotatoesRock
Someone please tell me that this article's claims that Trump has an actual chance of winning the presidency even without the GOP leadership's assistance
is blowing things out of proportion.
By definition, people who are anti-politics don't vote. When push comes to shove, the polls will reflect this.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"California raises smoking age to 21.
I would have voted for Biden/Warren.
edited 12th May '16 5:26:13 AM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.

edited 11th May '16 5:27:51 PM by CrimsonZephyr
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."