Bernie is not a Democrat and he cares little about helping Dems get elected. Proof! [View all]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/06/why-a-race-further-down-the-wisconsin-ballot-rattled-democrats/
As a result of Bernie's "cult" following, a horrible judge now will sit on WI Court. I just got alerted and hidden for saying this but damn it it is time to stop being nice to these hateful people!!
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Bradley won the election, a surprise to Democrats. This morning, some progressives picked a culprit: voters who cast ballots for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) and left the rest of their ballots blank. According to exit polling conducted by the independent group DecisionDesk and BenchMark Politics, perhaps 15 percent of Sanders voters skipped the Bradley-Kloppenburg race; just 4 percent of Hillary Clinton voters did the same
Democrats, with no victories to show from Tuesday, are hardly taking solace in the turnout. The defeat of Kloppenburg and of a Working Families Party-backed candidate for Milwaukee County executive are creating tension with supporters of Clinton, who argue that she is investing in the Democratic Party's success -- and that Sanders, far from a revolution, has built a personal following but little else.
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