Posted on 03/07/2020 11:59:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
BURNSVILLE, Minn. — Nearly two years after suburbanites helped drive a Democratic surge, there are clear signs these voters are engaged and primed to vote Democratic again.
Turnout in the Democratic presidential primary has been strong across suburban counties, from northern Virginia to Southern California, that fueled the 2018 wave. In several key counties, turnout has exceeded that of four years ago. In some cases, it has bested the party’s recent high water marks reached during the 2008 primary battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
That has been particularly good news now for Joe Biden. The former vice president, who’s running as a moderate, consensus candidate, soared to the top of the Democratic field this past week, showing strength in places such as Fairfax County in Virginia, and Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. Many suburban Democrats said they are motivated by their desire to oust Trump and a fear that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Biden’s chief primary rival, is a riskier bet.
“My main goal is to not have Trump get reelected,” Gail Hayes, a 67-year-old retired child care provider, said outside a coffee shop in Burnsville, Minnesota, a Twin Cities suburb.
Hayes noted that she’s ideologically more aligned with progressives such as Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator who dropped out of the race Thursday. But Hayes described herself as pragmatic and said she voted for Biden because she thinks he can win.
“I wanted to pick someone more moderate,” she said. “I really didn’t decide until a couple hours before I voted.”
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Yup. PDJT may as well start packing his bags eh?
Biden because she thinks he can win.
LOL
Also moderate to this group means leftist kook
moderate gets thrown around on Biden to make him appear “safe”
Spin on the article but overall it rings true. These Suburbans voted Bush twice and Obama twice so they are bipolar. A good portion of these Suburbans are women. One can speculate and draw conclusions. I will say most libtarded women watch the View and vote by emotion and can be motivated/brainwashed by one issue.
Dementia patients are popular with suburbanites, who knew?
All Propaganda (AP) News.
Hey suburbanites. That’s a nice job, home, car and low gas prices you have. It would be a shame to lose it all voting for Biden. All that prosperity you have is because of Trump’s policies. Obama/Biden is the reason we have Trump.
The Associate Press is not only carrying water for Creepy Joe they are drilling wells, bottling, and selling it.
Suburbs must still have high basement occupancy rates.
These are Dem primaries. No mention here of the two convenient drop outs a day before the Super Tuesday voting and how that helped Biden.
Plus what about the crossover votes from Republican mischief makers?
What we have in this piece is the AP pimping for the Democrats who after months and months and months of trashing old white men in favor of women and sexual minorities must now back one of the 2 oldest men ever to run for the office.
MINNESOTANS MUST BE DRINKING WATER MIXED WITH STUPID. THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN HOW SOME OF THEIR HOUSE MEMBERS WERE ELECTED IN 2016.
There are more stupid women in this country than I wish to admit. I am a woman but NOT stupid enough to think a democrat can save the world. I wouldn’t vote for one either.
Associated Propagandists said that? Well, OK then. Joementia is in the driver’s seat of The Clown Car. Toss mini’s booster out the window, Joek.
Lol, they found a Bernie Sis who would vote for Biden and wrote an entire article about the coming WAVE !
That is good news since most of them voted for Trump...
I’m sure he’ll get the nursing home vote
The next debate is March 15th on CNN. Can Joementia go 2-hours man on man with Crazy Bernie? I think not.
There will be a meltdown.
They forget whey they moved to the suburbs. I bet a good number moved to the burbs to get away from the problems of inner cities.
The stupidity documented in this article explains how a Somali mutant like Ilhan Omar ends up representing a district that is 63% white.
Well said!
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