Bernie Sanders remains one of Americas most popular politicians

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307. You miss the point completely

people object to the following: defining the working class narrowly to exclude the majority who are not white and male and who do continue to vote Democrat.

The focus on a few thousand Republican voters to the exclusion of a million or more disenfranchised voters of color.

The notion that one politician's repetition of claims he's been making for years suffices as understanding for the Democratic defeat in 2016.

And the clear preference for white male Republican voters over the rest of the citizenry.

A number of people have contempt for Trump voters, but to claim that is contempt for the white working class is false.

Also, I find it odd that working class includes households making 2-3x the national median income yet not the larger number of households at or below the median income. Because if one looks at exit poll data, Trump won incomes over $100 k and Clinton under $75 k. The lower the income, the greater Clinton's advantage. The higher the in one, the greater Trump's advantage.

Why do you suppose Bernie's positions would have mattered so much when Clinton's advanced those same ideas? You don't seem to know that. If you, and sadly many others, never bothered to inform yourself about the candidates policies, why do you assume Trump voters would?
Political science research demonstrates that most people don't vote based on issues.