"Bernie Sanders Has Always Sacrificed Pragmatism For Idealism, But Now Its Hurting Democrats"

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131. I did go to your links.

I even went to the links that your first link uses as evidence to see if the conclusions were supported.

Yes, I do agree that it is heartening that the majority of Americans support Democratic programs like Social Security and Medicaid and Democratic social justice and economic policies like LGBTQ rights and the wealthy paying their fair share of taxes.

As a matter of fact, the only divergence is on single payer. Sanders should have fought for it in 2009 when the health care bill was being crafted.

And yes, I do know how polls work. We've already discussed certain problematic conclusions based on poll data at length here at DU. You cannot reach conclusions about popularity with evidence about favorability. In addition, because the questions only asked about some politicians, you cannot rank all politicians.

Sanders had the highest favorabilities among those politicians whom the polls actually asked about. You can do a comparison, but you cannot reach conclusions about the discrete rankings of all politicians.

Your poll link is interesting. The data is aggregate, but at this point is not fresh. Those polls were conducted in October 2016. There are more recent polls by Fox News and Harvard/Harris that yield the same data, but the "most popular" conclusion is still not supported.

See? I told you I know how polls work.

The link is interesting for another reason. It specializes in "reader generated news" and accepts donations.

The "reader generated news" story you link to is dated 24 October 2016. Who had an interest in stoking resentment among Sanders voters two weeks before the election?

Who indeed.