# Bernie Sanders vs Jay Inslee: Democratic Primary World Cup, First Round **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 30, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772 "2019-05-30T15:19:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/1 "2019-05-30T15:19:09Z")
This is a group stage match up for our [Democratic Primary World Cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=876255). Everyone is invited to vote in the poll. Feel free to add comments about why you chose one of these candidates over the other one. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/2 "2019-05-30T16:36:56Z")
I thought about this a while, but I think the symbolic power of putting forth a ‘democratic socialist’ is worth something. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/3 "2019-05-30T16:48:31Z")
Inslee’s big thing appears to be climate change, and his website doesn’t mention nuclear, so he isn’t serious. Still, better than Bernie. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/4 "2019-05-30T17:22:16Z")
I’ll give everyone one guess to figure out who I voted for! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/5 "2019-05-30T18:04:30Z")
Is this who we WANT to win, or who we THINK will win? ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/6 "2019-05-30T18:20:25Z")
Who you want to win. I will be curious to see how this goes. When we did the Madness a few months ago we settled on Sherrod Brown. Will an equally unlikely dark horse emerge this time? For me personally, the only first round matchup that doesn’t look like a no-brainer is Harris-Warren. I like Inslee but love Bernie. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/7 "2019-05-30T19:28:18Z")
What I’ve seen of Inslee so far looks good, but I prefer Sanders (who is my current tentative #1 pick overall, of those declared). ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/8 "2019-05-30T19:36:04Z")
I was a Clinton supporter last go-round but I admire how he scrapped for the nomination. I don’t agree with him on everything but at this level he’s got my vote. Serious candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/9 "2019-05-30T19:38:10Z")
I think Bernie is a good candidate but I really question how effective a president he would be. Inslee is not inspiring, but he’d get a few things accomplished. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/10 "2019-05-30T21:16:48Z")
Inslee. Easy decision since I fear Bernie would give Trump four more years. ETA: And I agree that Bernie would probably be ineffectual as President. ---
**Author:** ![betonbill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@betonbill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betonbill)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/11 "2019-05-30T23:45:39Z")
Bernie doesn’t do anything for me and I don’t think he could get elected. Since we definitely have to get humping on climate change because time is running out, I’ll go for Inslee. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/12 "2019-05-30T23:50:36Z")
If we don’t strongly address climate change in the next dozen years, it’ll be nice if we’re all socialist and stuff as the world cooks. Inslee. ETA: Also, Inslee has been a good governor of Washington, and he could run on a wide swath of issues. Not to mention, he’d be competent at governing, which is not something I expect out of Bernie. Still, I’m glad that somebody competent has chosen to run on climate change alone. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/13 "2019-05-31T00:01:14Z")
Inslee is about climate change, but he has some good arguments, and a bit of a record of how it might be done, of how addressing that could function as a unifying driver for a lot other issues. If he can bring that home in the initial debates, he could emerge as the Democratic dark horse. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-vs-jay-inslee-democratic-primary-world-cup-first-round/834772/14 "2019-05-31T01:35:27Z")
#anybodybutbernie Inslee therefore gets my vote.