2016 Postmortem
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My wife did some voter registration today and then we spent the day out and about, her wearing her hat with Bernie Sanders stickers on it.
VERY interesting stuff.
#1 question asked: Do you think he can still win? Answer: Well, if we show up and vote him.. HELL YEAH!
#2 observation: The VAST majority of people who approached us excited about the Bernie sticker on her hat.. not millennials. Average age was well 50+. My wife is in her early 40s and the women she was paired with for canvasing was in her 60s. Yeah, the millennials are the no brainers, but I was shocked at the number of people you would be led to believe are "Clinton Voters" coming up to us and saying "Love the hat" who thumbs uping the Bernie sticker.
#3 observation: Not a SINGLE HRC person trying to register voters or doing any type of outreach. Not a single sticker, bumper sticker, yard sign.. NOTHING. But, to me the "surprise" (not really) was that they are making NO EFFORT at all to register voters.
If they REALLY cared about down ticket elections, wouldn't that be step 1???
In short, Bernie's support in California is wide and deep and yes, he has a path to victory... people just need to actually show up and vote.