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Bucky

(54,094 posts)
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 05:31 PM Mar 2020

The Best Reason to vote for Elizabeth Warren Tuesday [View all]

People here are saying Warren will be out after Super Tuesday. That might (or might not) be true. But you should vote for her anyway

1. If you want her to have any voice in the convention, she needs delegates. Warren needs your vote for her to gain delegates to sit in the platform committees that wired the 2020 Democratic Platform. Just a few will do to put her voice and ideas at the table.

If you were attracted to Warren for her ideas, this will get them heard. And hers are you the right ideas.

2. If you're trying to "stop Bernie", you want Warren to do as good as possible. About half of her support will go to Sanders when she leaves the race, according to a DU survey I did last week. (It's qualitative data, not quantitative data, but it's quite convincing. I'll post results and another thread tonight after I've finished looking at the numbers)

3. If you're concerned about Biden being a vulnerable candidate because of his establishment ties and opposition to expanding Medicare, then you want to give Elizabeth Warren more leverage in discussing our issues as she leaves the race. So again, voting for her now helps that cause.

4. Don't you want to give her at least one shot at beating the Bloomberg's numbers the only time they're on the ballot together?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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