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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
I think any of the current Democratic nominees would be better than Trump with the possible exception of Bloomberg. The question is, has been and should always be: "Who turns out the most Democratic voters?" Biden? I doubt it. Buttigieg? Certainly not. Bloomberg? Not a chance. Warren? Maybe. Sanders is the most likely to get the vote out, particularly among young people. That said, he is also the most likely to lose independents, although they usually are not the one's deciding Presidential elections.
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With everyone else the question for the voter is “Is he better than Trump?” The difference with Sanders as the nominee is that the voter is left with another question of whether they can vote for a socialist or not. You can’t ignore that there are a number of people that will say no to that question and will either stay home, split their ticket or vote for Trump. I am very skeptical that Bernie’s young support is enough to overcome that. There is no evidence that he is bringing out large turnouts in these primaries. He actually now trails Biden in popular vote so far.