Polls are disastrous for Sanders...Today's Real Clear Politics

[Demsrule86]

[empedocles]

1. Maybe, just maybe, for some self-centered reasons, BS will get the hints

[Demsrule86]

6. A brick wall has fallen on Sanders...and it is almost sad to see him continuing...

[onetexan]

11. it's not sad, it's pathetic. Grumpy uncle's pride is obstinate as ever.

[Demsrule86]

19. It really is pathetic...he should concede with dignity.

[duforsure]

2. Bernie is done

And has burned too many bridges with both parties, and why so many are running from supporting him now. The numbers don't lie, his chances are gone.

[Demsrule86]

7. He has no chance and no real leverage. His voters didn't show up.

[honest.abe]

3. Sanders will get shutout the rest of the way.

[Demsrule86]

8. It will only get worse...we need to vote in huge numbers to show Sanders the door...with every

victory, the next one will be even bigger as winning has its own momentum.

[Happy Hoosier]

4. Maybe I am overly optimistic...

.... but I get the feeling this last debate will be Bernie's Swan Song. It'll be his last chance to hog the lime light, tell us how sick and tired he is, wave his arms and poke at the "establishment." I think he knows it's over, but wants to frame his exit. I think he will lose Arizona to boot. GO Mark Kelly.

[Demsrule86]

10. I am hoping you are right...I would think it would awful for him with these numbers which will get

worse IMHO.

[beastie boy]

15. I agree.

Every time he claims victory in the face of clear defeat, he only destroys his credibility further. This process takes Bernie in the direction of eventually running out of all credibility and relevance. It's likely, depending on how he comes across in the next debate, that Bernie will accelerate this process to the point of no return.

[Demsrule86]

20. He looks desperate...and they should fix his makeup...it is truly awful lately...way to flushed.

I hope he goes away and gets some rest...not looking well.

[MineralMan]

5. Biden is polling over 50% in all four states

that hold primaries next Tuesday. It will be a sweep for Biden.

[Demsrule86]

9. It will be a sweep. I would think Sanders would spare himself such a humiliating loss.

He must know he is finished.

[MineralMan]

12. I think Bernie knows that he can't win.

He seems to want to press on, in hopes of having some clout at the convention, as he did in 2016. I don't think that's going to work, though, in 2020.

He's going to lose most primaries from now on massively, I believe. The voters have moved on. He is just banging his head against the ceiling that has always been there this year. It was masked by voters choosing other candidates in a multi-candidate race. Someone pointed out that 40% of the mail-in ballots in Washington state were for candidates other than Bernie and Biden. That will no longer be the case in upcoming primaries.

So, Sanders will get his 30-something percent, which is his ceiling, and Biden will get the rest. Actually, his ceiling is likely to drop below 30% if momentum holds for Joe.

How long will Sanders stick to it? I don't know. Maybe up to the beginning of the convention. I fully expect Biden to have a majority of pledged delegates by then. Further, delegates pledged to candidates no longer running may switch to Biden on the first ballot, which would make his majority even larger. I'm not quite sure what the convention rules will be for delegates pledged to withdrawn candidates.

[Happy Hoosier]

13. Which raises a question....

How humiliating will it be to do his last spiel, and then get swept. What message does that send about the importance of his "movement." Does it make him more irrelvant?

[MineralMan]

14. I have no idea what Senator Sanders thinks when he's alone in his room.

I have no way to know that. It takes a lot of chutzpah to run for President. He might have enough of that to be able to internally dismiss disappointment. Or not. I cannot know.

As for his "movement," it really isn't his, in the end. The leftmost end of the political spectrum exists independently of candidates, really. It's always there. That small segment of this country has adopted Bernie Sanders as its representative, but the adoption isn't final yet.

Part of that segment, when it comes to voting, will stay away from the polls or vote for whatever third party candidate is out there. They think it is a protest vote, but it's really a vote against their own principles. Some people do not vote rationally.

[Demsrule86]

21. I believe the revolution/movement is dead...if it ever lived...a bunch of kids getting together

for rallies...my big sis and her friends used to walk out of class...a signal would be given somehow and everyone would get up and walk out...for whatever protest there was mostly just sitting around and getting high...it is sort of the same thing with Sanders...and that is why they don't show up at the polls. I was so jealous...by the time I came around...walking out of class would mean suspension and maybe expulsion.

[katmondoo]

16. I voted for Biden in Florida yesterday. This week is early voting.

[MineralMan]

17. In this case, I'm glad Florida starts early voting just before the election.

That way, people know who is still running. Biden's going to win Florida overwhelmingly.

[Blue_true]

29. Florida runs early voting for 11 days and stops at the end of the

Friday before Election Day. So the last day of early voting here in Florida was yesterday. Voting actually started on March 2, the day before Super Tuesday. Biden should have gotten a big lift in Florida early voting because almost all of it occurred after all candidates that endorsed him had dropped out (the exception was Bloomberg, who dropped out on Match 4).

[Demsrule86]

22. Good for you!

I voted in Ohio for Biden early too.

[treestar]

18. I was thinking the polls were unreliable now

But these margins are very large.

[Demsrule86]

23. Yep...and the polls last time underestimated Biden. For example, he won Washington and likely won

or tied California.

[ucrdem]

24. The virus really turned the tide.

Exit pollsters on Super Tuesday said a lot of voters are worried and the ones who do favor Biden. That plus Clyburn plus SC plus a couple of good debates and presto, it's Biden day, woo hoo!

[Denis Enko]

25. Short Video of Sanders' Headquarters in Various States

Actually, Bernie, after Tuesday, let's not meet again!

[Demsrule86]

26. Message to Sanders...let's not meet again ever!

[Gothmog]

27. Florida will be interesting

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Demsrule86]

28. Yes it will. He will be destroyed in Florida.

[coti]

30. I also take these three polls collectively as a sign that Biden may win FL in the GE, but have more

trouble with WI.