After 25 Years of Losing to Wall Street, Left-Wing Democrats Are Winning - TheNation

[sabrina 1]

55. I disagree. She will get part of the base of the Dem party, period. And the party's base has shrunk

since 2008 by almost 10%, at least 5% are now registered Independents, maybe more. She will NOT get the Independent vote which is now the largest voting bloc in the country. Bernie is going after that vote.

Then there is the large non voter bloc, disgusted with the corruption in DC, the lack of interest in actual people, many simply don't vote anymore. They are tired of packaged campaign promises, the carefully chosen words, the empty promises made in campaigns then reversed once the election is over.

Iow, they have no reason to vote.

Bernie is already making inroads into that demographic. I, eg, have already signed up someone who has not voted in many years. It's not hard to spark interest in non-voters WITH THE RIGHT CANDIDATE.

Bernie not only has a chance of winning, he very likely to win at this point.

Much of the support for Clinton right now is the 'hold your nose and vote' kind, it's very soft. Bernie appeals to many Clinton supporters, see the interviews with some of them at Bernie's rallies. The ONLY thing stopping them from supporting him right now they say, is a fear he might not win the GE. But the more successful he is the more that fear begins to diminish.

The country is starving for something other than the old status quo. And now they have it.