I still have little hope for him. But one of the biggest things people in Nevada are looking for is a candidate who can win, so winning a big primary like Iowa could give him a necessary boost.\
I sort of agree. He might do well in Iowa. He is average is up by 5.7 points in Iowa. But he is averaging 7.3 in nevada, well behind the top tier candidates. these polls are a bit outdated though.
But even if he managed to win in the 1st 3 states, which isn't all that likely, he would still get slaughtered in south carolina and on super tuesday. He would need to win big in the 1st three to have a chance. And that isn't in the cards at the moment.
I don't know. It is a pretty good cause to try to prevent people from doing drugs and ruining their lives. I don't think it should be a felony, though, as that also kind of ruins their life. Selling drugs on the other hand should be harshly punished.
I think we kind of agree on this. Putting people in jail for using drugs doesn't help. When they get out, their lives are in tatters and they go right back to drugs to escape the shit of their shattered life. Often putting people in jail for minor offense just makes them more likely to use drugs, not less. The war on drugs is a complete failure.
I don't know about institutionalized racism. Even in majority black precincts, you get roughly the same results.
Here is an article I found. The issue is that the people who make the drug policies, the DA's who decide who to charge and much of the police who enforce it are white. Enforcement usually focuses on poor areas, especially those with black communities while almost entirely ignoring middle class areas. Joe Biden was very much involved in setting up the war on drugs. And to this day he still thinks he did a great job.
