Bernie Sanders voters helped Trump become President

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23. Strength, unwavering principle, and courage of convictions...

... attracts people from across the political spectrum. And Bernie demonstrated the sort of strength that attracted people to the Democratic Party from across the political spectrum. Even so-called Right Wingers who aren't really "right" at all. They just vote Republican because they see Republicans as the "Strong ones."

Howard Dean's "liberal" base included a high percentage of people who formerly identified as Republican too.

This goes to the heart of the problem with the Democratic political advisors and office holders who continue to buy into the DC group think/"conventional wisdom" that we must stick to the center and "moderate" our tone to win votes. If you are busy "moderating" your tone, you cannot speak out in the powerful terms, or draw lines in the sand on principle that demonstrate the strength that voters are looking for... particularly when they are insecure.

“When people are insecure, they’d rather have somebody who is strong and wrong than someone who’s weak and right.”
-- Bill Clinton

If we want to win the kind of majorities that can get things done, more Democratic leaders need to stand and fight, win or lose, for the changes they tell us they want to see -- like the goals set out in the Democratic platform. And that means fighting for the Whole Loaf, not just the measly pieces of bread they have decided are "feasible" or "practical."

It is not a left/moderate/right "divide." It's more like this:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2594053