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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders tells Democrats to back off primary attacks [View all]Sophia4
(3,515 posts)candidates for the actual election? A primary that includes candidates of all stripes and abilities helps us do that. And how do we excite and interest voters so that they will get out and vote? A primary does that.
The problem in the past has been that the candidate that wins the Democratic primary does not bother to unite the party and embrace and include the candidates that also ran in the primary and his/her supporters, expressing respect and above all, respect and inclusion.
So we need a candidate that not only is electable but that in order to really be electable has the humility to reach out and include the candidates who lost. It is this latter act that often decides which party wins in the November election especially in this time of the internet.
In 2016, the problem was that the Hillary faction did not reach out and include the Bernie faction. Hillary would have won in the swing states if she had really been gracious to Bernie supporters many of whom were young and inexperienced in politics.
Politicians have to be naturally very generous and forgiving. That takes a person of great spiritual capacity. A person who projects love.