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Bernie Sanders campaigns for Biden while raising concerns about Gaza

Democrats are worried that anger among progressives over Gaza is so deep that not even Sanders can persuade them to support Biden. A persistent bloc of voters in multiple primaries continues to choose “uncommitted” or a variant to protest Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, sometimes far surpassing Biden’s margin of victory in those same states in the 2020 general election.

For instance, more than 48,000 voted “uninstructed” in the Wisconsin Democratic primary in early April, which outpaced the roughly 20,700 votes by which Biden outpaced Trump, a Republican, in the battleground state four years ago. Wisconsin’s primaries this year came three weeks after Biden had already clinched the nomination.

“This campaign is in trouble. And Sen. Sanders will do everything — again, everything — that he can to try to pull this man over the finish line,” said Nina Turner, who was a national co-chair of Sanders’ 2020 campaign. “I’m not so sure it’s going to work this time.”

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 @C0nservat1veHankSocialistfrom New Jersey  commented…1yr1Y

Bernie is not far off. The difference is that in Vietnam the U.S. military fought with one arm tied behind its back due to political pressure and government lacking a backbone. Israel will not make the same mistake. Good on Israel

 @P4rtisanJohnnyRepublican from Massachusetts  commented…1yr1Y

I think both Biden and Donald have the same strategy for Israel and Gaza.

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Is it more important for political endorsements to align with moral beliefs or strategic interests, especially in situations of international conflict?

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What does it say about a political party when a significant number of its members choose to vote 'uncommitted' in a primary election?

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Can a politician's efforts to unite their party around a candidate change your perspective on that candidate, especially on issues important to you?

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Do you believe personal convictions should override party loyalty when voting?

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How would you feel if a politician you respected endorsed a candidate you had strong disagreements with, especially regarding foreign policies?

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…12mos12MO

“Throw out everything you thought you knew about this election.”

By Chuck Todd, NBC News:We are getting awfully close to the moment when it might be fair to say, “Throw out everything you thought you knew about this election.”We are now going from a presidential campaign that left the public disinterested and at times disgusted it to a campaign that I could see generating an electorate that might be as interested, if not more so, as in 2008 and 2020, two of the highest-turnout elections in the last 50 years.If the Democrats do end up with a new nominee — and it’s looking more likely by the hour that they will — that, too, is likely to suddenly trigger interest in what the new nominee has to say, which in turn could engage the electorate in a way that the pre-debate version of this campaign just didn’t.But before we get to this campaign reset, the Democrats have to figure out what their ticket looks like and, more important, how quickly they can get their ticket selected and certified by the party.As of this writing, my sources indicate to me that about the only folks who are still trying to rationalize Biden’s staying in this race all share the last name of Biden, with the possible exception of Biden’s longtime chief political strategist, Mike Donilon — who, as the gatekeeper of the data that makes it to the president's desk, is starting to get blame along with Biden and his family for Democrats’ being in this position.

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