Over this past weekend, the New Hampshire Primary took place. With such a varying array of Democratic candidates, these primaries are being followed closely. After Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg nearly tied in the Iowa Caucus, Sanders pulled ahead, taking the lead in the most recent primary. The Associated Press reports:
As the 2020 elections speedily approaches, people continue to hold differing opinions on who the strongest candidate for the Democratic Party will be.
Not surprisingly, Sanders continues to have strong support as seen in the following tweets.
Bernie is human, he makes mistakes. But let me tell you something else: he doesn’t wallow in those mistakes or debase himself for the elites to pity him; he just centers those involved & works to do better.
See also M4A disability changes, crim justice, immigration, gun control.— Patrick Bruck #NotMeUs (@scott_satzer) February 12, 2020
#BernieWonNewHampshire and he’s going to dominate Super Tuesday. #BernieIsMyPresident #Bernie2020— Bernie Is My President 🏳️🌈🌹⚛️ (@BernieBroAaron) February 12, 2020
As with any candidate Sanders continues to receive consistent backlash for his seemingly extreme views. While there are many people backing him, there appears to be just as many who disapprove. Take a glimpse at these tweets.
If Dems go on to nominate Sanders, the Russians will have to reconsider who to work for to best screw up the US. Sanders is just as polarizing as Trump AND he’ll ruin our economy and doesn’t care about our military. If I’m Russian, I go with Sanders this time around.— Lloyd Blankfein (@lloydblankfein) February 12, 2020
“The 78-year-old Jewish Socialist independent may be winning our Party’s primary, but he’s not winning it overwhelmingly enough!” is one of the funniest and most desperate establishment scripts I’ve seen in awhile.
Even you & your inept circle must be capable of better.— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 12, 2020Trump has 11,000 more votes in the 2020 New Hampshire Primary than he did in 2016…
Bernie has 80,000 less votes in the 2020 New Hampshire Primary than he did in 2016…— CHIZ 🇺🇸 (@CHIZMAGA) February 12, 2020
In addition to the supporters and non-supporters, there remains a percentage of the electorate who simply have lost faith in the Democratic party altogether. Many question whether or not any of these candidates are strong enough at all.
The democrat party is such a mess. It may not exist much longer. You have no hope lol #berniewonnewhampshire— dirk nigler (@dirkniggler) February 12, 2020
BERNIE SANDERS CAN’T WIN!
PETE BUTTIGIEG CAN’T WIN!
JOE BIDEN CAN’T WIN!
MIKE BLOOMBERG CAN’T WIN!
Are you mad at me now? Then stop shouting in MY face:
A WOMAN CAN’T WIN!
We don’t know who CAN and WIN win. American history is a long list of weird ass candidates winning.— Nell Scovell (@NellSco) February 12, 2020
Conclusively, the New Hampshire Primary emphasized how diverse the candidate’s plans were as well as how eager voters are. The divide within the Democratic Party itself is still evident, however there is hope that party members will be able to unify in due time. A key question that remains, was brought to light in this final tweet.
Here’s the NEW QUESTION we really need to be asking…
Will Amy, Pete, Joe, Elizabeth, and Bloomberg give whatever delegates they get to @BernieSanders if he has the most delegates going into the convention?
Stop asking “Will you support the nominee?”
Let’s get VERY SPECIFIC.— Shaun King (@shaunking) February 12, 2020
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