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In reply to the discussion: UPDATE: If the TPP Passes Bernie Sanders Will Be the Next President of the US. And Here's Why: [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)all candidates who are running for political office? You have just described what is a major problem in this country and is going to be THE most important issue in this election. Corporate control of our elections.
Why don't Sanders and O'Malley and Chafee have the same access to voters as the one chosen by Corporations?
What you're saying is that REASON for Hillary's lead ISN'T because she is the best candidate, it is because she has the most Corporate funding. And you see no problem with this?
But back to the difficulty facing non corporate funded candidates like Bernie.
He doesn't need to drive across the state anymore. Those days are gone. He can access voters in every corner of the state through the new media AND with the help of the growing army of volunteers he is gathering, now in the hundreds of thousands.
The corporate media of course will pushing the corporate candidates, but young voters, eg, do not listen to the Corporate media for news, they get their news from the New Media.
Bernie, even without the advantage of Corporate money and without setting foot in Texas has already garnered 15% of the Dem BASE vote, without even trying yet. In Jan he was a complete unknown there and his poll numbers were close to zero. So how did they go up to 15% before he has even campaigned there?
And that of course doesn't count the most important vote in this election, the Independent vote. And non voters who are now signing up to vote for him.
The Dem base vote is very small, only 32% of registered voters and Bernie has already captured 15% of the vote.
How is Hillary going to convince Independents to vote for her? She epitomizes the reason why nearly 10% of the Dem base has left the party since 2008, with at least half of that number now registering as Independents. Money in politics will be a huge hurdle for her. How does she explain to voters how 2.5 billion dollars from Corporations, WON'T influence her decisions after the election?
WE will make sure that voters know about Bernie, and O'Malley and Chafee. Because we are not represented by this government and you have explained why that is.
Does it bother you at all that there are so many non-voters and Indys who are thoroughly disgusted with the system you just described in this country? It is a 'vote of no confidence' for a country to have so many disillusioned people that they don't even vote anymore.