Hey everyone,
We are perhaps a week away from Bernie Sanders winning a majority of the states in the democratic primary on super Tuesday. It is not certain but it is likely that he would then go on to be the Democratic Party's Presidential candidate.
For the first time in American history, a self-described "socialist" will be the candidate for one of the major parties. The United States would then be one election away from having a Socialist President.
To give some context, the best performance of a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party of America was in 1912, when Eugene V. Debs received 901,551 votes and 6.0% of the vote. The best performance for a Presidential Candidate of the Communist Party USA was in 1932 when William Z. Foster received 103, 307 votes and 0.26% of the vote.
In 2016, Bernie Sanders got 13,206,428 votes in the Democratic Presidential Primary (excluding Iowa, Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, Washington, Wyoming or non-binding primaries).
As the Democratic Party nominee, Bernie Sanders would receive more votes than any previous Socialist in American History even if he lost. If Sanders won, it would put a Socialist in the White House. So it is a historic opportunity whatever the outcome will be.
So what I'd like to ask is, what would you like and want to do over the next few months to increase the odds of Bernie Sanders getting elected and removing Donald Trump from office? The state of the world only gets better if we try.
We are perhaps a week away from Bernie Sanders winning a majority of the states in the democratic primary on super Tuesday. It is not certain but it is likely that he would then go on to be the Democratic Party's Presidential candidate.
For the first time in American history, a self-described "socialist" will be the candidate for one of the major parties. The United States would then be one election away from having a Socialist President.
To give some context, the best performance of a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party of America was in 1912, when Eugene V. Debs received 901,551 votes and 6.0% of the vote. The best performance for a Presidential Candidate of the Communist Party USA was in 1932 when William Z. Foster received 103, 307 votes and 0.26% of the vote.
In 2016, Bernie Sanders got 13,206,428 votes in the Democratic Presidential Primary (excluding Iowa, Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, Washington, Wyoming or non-binding primaries).
As the Democratic Party nominee, Bernie Sanders would receive more votes than any previous Socialist in American History even if he lost. If Sanders won, it would put a Socialist in the White House. So it is a historic opportunity whatever the outcome will be.
So what I'd like to ask is, what would you like and want to do over the next few months to increase the odds of Bernie Sanders getting elected and removing Donald Trump from office? The state of the world only gets better if we try.
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