Bernie Sanders would be EVISCERATED by the Republican attack machine in the general election.

[EdwardBernays]

73. not even vaguely true

First, if you want to talk about Jeremy Corbyn, at least learn to spell his name.

Second, one of his planks is raising the minimum wage to 15/hr which is by definition "raising wages in the private sector".

Third, the red scare is long over - no one except Bernie haters are pretending that's a real issue.. voters certainly aren't rejecting him for those reasons... in fact you'd be hard pressed to find much evidence that voters are even considering the word socialism when they are choosing a candidate. On the other hand even some Republicans ARE embracing him, because he's trustworthy, and the ONLY candidate with a net positive approval rating.

Poll: More Democrats Now Favor Socialism Than Capitalism
http://www.alternet.org/poll-more-democrats-now-favor-socialism-capitalism

From the same poll:



Fourth, people know that raising taxes, and LOWERING THE COST OF HEALTHCARE is a NET INCREASE in their bank accounts... they're not scared of the propaganda Hillary and the Republicans are spinning.

There's not much to explain - in detail - people aren't buying the Bernie bashing, which has been happening for months, and because he's seen as the most trustworthy candidate out there that's not about to change any time soon. Which of course explains why Bernie does better against ALL the Republicans in national polls than Hillary.

What I don't know though is how a candidate like Hillary who is universally despised by the right, largely distrusted by her own party, and mired in scandal after scandal after scandal, can hope to energise her own base and beat an energised Republican base... especially as her last Presidential campaign ended in disgrace and this one isn't looking much better.