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2016 Postmortem

liberal_at_heart

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24. Much of what we are seeing from Hillary, Corporate America, and the two party system is

Reply to awake (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2016, 07:18 PM

Feb 2016

much like what we are seeing from evangelical Christians. A knowledge that their power is slipping away and a desperate attempt to keep that power. The worse their tactics get the more we know how much power they are losing. The future will look a lot different with less political power from the evangelical Christians, the two party system, and Corporate America.

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Record 43% of Americans are political independents 30% Dem. & 26% Reb. [View all] awake Feb 2016 OP

And a chunk of those Dems are only Dems at this point to vote for Bernie. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #1

Indeed EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #2

The GOP circular firing squad is saying the same thing Zambero Feb 2016 #7

30% rallying does not get the job done. jeff47 Feb 2016 #9

Here's the thing EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #15

And why don't people trust Hillary? Zambero Feb 2016 #17

No EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #20

^^^this^^^ eom Purveyor Feb 2016 #27

k/r this post AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #32

The point is that even if all "Democrats" vote it will not be enough to ensure a victory awake Feb 2016 #16

True Zambero Feb 2016 #19

Exactly. TM99 Feb 2016 #5

Yup. They push him out I go back TBF Feb 2016 #25

Those numbers fluctuate wildly over time Zambero Feb 2016 #3

It's more instructive to include leaners... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #8

Here Are Current Numbers and Trends Stallion Feb 2016 #29

Those numbers include "leaning" there are still 37% independents awake Feb 2016 #30

and they prefer Bernie amborin Feb 2016 #4

The myth is that they are in the "mythic middle" between the parties. I believe most of them are Vincardog Feb 2016 #6

I'm one of those far left indies Hydra Feb 2016 #11

And they will continue to happen Vincardog Feb 2016 #12

As am I. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2016 #34

Yep. That's me. liberal_at_heart Feb 2016 #23

100% correct. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #28

There are left leaning independents and right leaning independents KingFlorez Feb 2016 #10

PBO lost independents in 012, albeit by a small margin, and still won the election. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #13

"most of them" in no way implies " a monolithic group of " anything Vincardog Feb 2016 #14

I am not liking what he DNC has been up to Kenjie Feb 2016 #18

People are tired of 2 party status quo, desire REAL democracy nt kgnu_fan Feb 2016 #21

Interesting.... kgnu_fan Feb 2016 #22

Much of what we are seeing from Hillary, Corporate America, and the two party system is liberal_at_heart Feb 2016 #24

Sanders (the longest serving independent in US history) crushes with independents. Hillary starts Vote2016 Feb 2016 #26

That independent number is going up. nt Skwmom Feb 2016 #31

Dem numbers will drop as the party continues to shoot itself in the face. nt Zorra Feb 2016 #33