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Bernie Sanders says he's trailing Hillary Clinton because the poor don't vote
WCVB ^ | 4/23/16

Posted on 04/23/2016 6:51:36 PM PDT by markomalley

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has a simple explanation for why he's trailing Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House: Poor people don't vote.

In an interview for NBC's "Meet the Press," Sanders says the fact that poor people don't vote is a "sad reality of American society." He says that while his campaign has done a good job of bringing out young people, he says he's had only some success with lower-income Americans.

Sanders predicts that if voter turnout could be significantly increased so that low-income people, working people and younger people participated, "this country would be radically transformed."

Sanders touted the need for better care for veterans at a rally in Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday, declaring "we are not going to cut social security, in fact, we are going to do exactly the opposite."

He told the crowds of supporters that he would expand social security and benefits for Americans if elected president, saying that he has repeatedly asked his rival Hillary Clinton to join his call for lifting the cap on social security.

"I am still waiting for a clear answer," he said.


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1 posted on 04/23/2016 6:51:36 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

The dead vote but the poor don’t?


2 posted on 04/23/2016 6:53:17 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Farmer Dean

The dead can fly. Walk through walls. You get their drift.

Poor people have poor ways.


3 posted on 04/23/2016 6:55:09 PM PDT by disndat
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To: disndat
The dead can fly.

And they can vote, too.

4 posted on 04/23/2016 6:56:05 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius; Farmer Dean

Right. When I said the poor have poor ways I meant they have poor ways to get to the polls unlike the dead who can get their easily.


5 posted on 04/23/2016 6:59:01 PM PDT by disndat
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To: markomalley

Why should the parasites who vote to live, be given the right to vote at all ? If you get a check from the Federal government, you should not be granted the luxury of voting. Presto, most of the country’s problems will disappear.


6 posted on 04/23/2016 7:11:01 PM PDT by jlindseyx42 (Namaste)
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To: markomalley

Sanders is behind Clinton because he’s a wacko.


7 posted on 04/23/2016 7:14:34 PM PDT by theoilpainter
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To: markomalley
I find this hard to believe. The democrats play Santa Claus every election cycle.

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8 posted on 04/23/2016 8:16:22 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Farmer Dean

Hey, I was born and raised in Hudson County New Jersey. Dead people voted there all the time.


9 posted on 04/23/2016 8:59:27 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
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To: markomalley

Maybe he should have thought of that before he picked them as his constituency.


10 posted on 04/23/2016 9:47:33 PM PDT by kempster
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To: markomalley

Burnie, you are trailing the PIAPS because you won’t raise hell about the super delegates. Get on her about it Burnie, go after her hard. Then shame her for thwarting the will of the people by accepting corrupt democrat party policy.


11 posted on 04/23/2016 10:07:33 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: jmacusa

I heard some young men in the late 1940’s were paid to vote in Hoboken polling locations. Neither learned how many times. According my friends father.


12 posted on 04/24/2016 2:08:14 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: SMGFan
When it came to political shenanigan's nothing and no one could top Hudson County NJ, no sir. Why we were home of the famous Frank "I am the law'' Hague, mayor of Jersey City in the late '30's and 40's.
13 posted on 04/24/2016 4:19:14 AM PDT by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
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