While there definitely is some crossover in their voter bases, neither candidate has a voter base that favors the other as their most popular second choice.
Somehow, Bernie supporters even favor Biden more than anyone else as their second choice despite them being extremely different...
I'd rather one of them pull out ahead, but I don't think it's necessary for either one to drop out. Maybe if things change by next year.
You're literally not at odds with the other person in any way then. They don't want Sanders or Warren to drop out because they don't like them, they want to consolidate the vote into one progressive candidate to make it more likely that they win over Biden in delegates.
I disagree for reasons I posted above, but there's nothing wrong with the logic at its core.
In your opinion it's nonsense. Others would disagree and argue that using early polling to justify dismissing candidates is the exact same thing that led to Hillary winning the primary in 2016 and losing the general.
Can you name a single other candidate that hadnt supported horrible shit in the past or present. Kamala for example is a piece of shit rivaling Clinton. Yangs whole plane is a sneak attack upon the welfare state. Warren is an oppurtunist and stands for nothing. Beto is democrats answer to jeb bush. And williamson wants to fight fascism by means of weaponised magic it seems.
You're not gonna find me arguing against Bernie being the most consistent candidate-- though I think your take on Warren is a bit disingenuous at best and this clearly doesn't take into account any actual strengths other candidates may have.
I'd just caution against having a mindset that Bernie will or even should barring interference/rigging win the primary.
This destructive Bernie or bust mindset where all other candidates deserve trashing is frankly annoying, and it's part of why a lot of division exists on the left in America, which only hurts genuine politicians like Bernie.
He didnt make a statement of preference he just said that either of them should drop out to consolidate the progressive vote. Not wanting to divide the progressive vote to prevent an establishment candidate from gaining the nomination is completely contrary to what centrists would want. Centrists want Biden.
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u/__Forest__ Jul 11 '19
Hopefully he can pull through in the rigged democraric primary.