2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary's new slogan: No We Can't! [View all]Thenewire
(130 posts)You are giving them too much credit for being able to read between the lines and conduct their own research. The only thing the undecided will hear come election day is how extreme Sanders is, how he is a communist and will be raising their taxes. They wont care that by raising taxes they might end up saving more money. What a lot of them care about is the present and in the present they blame the affordable care act for all the ills in the healthcare system. 2 out of every 3 independent disapprove of the affordable care act, so how can you expect these same individuals to favor single payer which would require more drastic government involvement in the healthcare system? Also keep in mind that more people oppose the law because they think it goes to far, not because it doesn't do enough. They will buy into the republican argument and you will end up with a republican president undoing everything that has been done over the last 8 years. I would be all for Sanders if he was the nominee of a socialist party and the democratic party being the only alternative but don't forget that this election is against right wing extremist and Sanders has no chance in beating any of them. http://www.gallup.com/poll/4708/healthcare-system.aspx