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February 27, 2020
The Myth of Sanders Losing to a Sole Moderate
By Al Hirschfield
The current favorite myth among the Establishment is that collectively, the support among voters of moderate candidates running for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, far exceeds Sanders' support by those left-wing, Pinko, whakos.
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The current favorite myth among the Establishment is that collectively, the support among voters of moderate candidates running for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, far exceeds Sanders' support by those left-wing, Pinko, whakos. Therefore (their reasoning goes) if there were just one moderate candidate in the field, and the moderate wing of the Democratic Party were not so splintered, then moderates would be rallying around that candidate, and easily beating Sanders.
Unfortunately, this is of course the kind of baseless, seemingly reasonable myth that gets a lot of traction in circles which need a myth because reality is not supporting their biases.
But, the fact is that in one-on-one national match-ups, Sanders actually does better than any, single moderate Democratic candidate running against him.
Sanders 48% - Biden 44%
Sanders 53% - Bloomberg 38%
Sanders 54% - Buttigieg 37%
Sanders 54% - Klobuchar 33%
In addition, in Nevada Sanders beat all of the moderate Democratic candidates in the race combined.
Candidate Votes CCD* CCD Pct. Del.
Bernie Sanders 41,075 6,788 46.8 %
Joe Biden 19,179 2,927 20.2
Pete Buttigieg 17,598 2,073 14.3
Elizabeth Warren 11,703 1,406 9.7
Tom Steyer 4,120 682 4.7
Amy Klobuchar 7,376 603 4.2
So, I would heartily encourage everyone to notify their local and/or national media outlets of this fact, and put an end to this nasty bit of propaganda.
(Article changed on February 28, 2020 at 08:40)
(Article changed on February 28, 2020 at 10:43)
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