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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(114,921 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 01:19 PM Mar 2020

Biden turned out a new, key group on Tuesday: working-class white voters

Former Vice President Joe Biden predictably swept the black vote in March 10 states, but he also scored key wins among white voters — most notably in the battleground state of Michigan.

On Wednesday morning, progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders was lagging behind Biden in every single county in Michigan, Missouri, and Mississippi, according to Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball. (Sanders won North Dakota and some Idaho counties; Washington state has yet to be called.) Sanders was expected to lose Mississippi and Missouri, but he contested Michigan fiercely after narrowly winning it in the 2016 primary.

Biden’s dominance with the black vote has been the prevailing story of Super Tuesday and beyond, but on Tuesday, the former vice president also cleaned up with the suburban white voters who propelled Democrats to victory in 2018 — and who he needs to win a general election in 2020.

In doing so, he signaled he may be on his way to building the sort of coalition the Democratic Party will need to be competitive in the general election. And on March 10, at least, these groups came out for Biden and helped bolster his claim to the nomination.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/biden-turned-out-a-new-key-group-on-tuesday-working-class-white-voters/ar-BB112PGd?li=BBnb7Kz

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Biden turned out a new, key group on Tuesday: working-class white voters (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP
Biden's going in to the general election Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #1
bernie claims he has the right demograhics. sad for him that demographic doesnt vote nt msongs Mar 2020 #2
Biden's always been strong with unions and the working class. Sanders needs to get out of the way brush Mar 2020 #3
 

Turin_C3PO

(15,773 posts)
1. Biden's going in to the general election
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 01:20 PM
Mar 2020

with the Obama coalition PLUS a good chunk of the white working class. It’s an unbeatable combo, IMO.

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

msongs

(70,123 posts)
2. bernie claims he has the right demograhics. sad for him that demographic doesnt vote nt
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 01:22 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

brush

(57,382 posts)
3. Biden's always been strong with unions and the working class. Sanders needs to get out of the way
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 01:28 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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