2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Ok then, Let's spell it out for Hillary "Democrats" [View all]auntpurl
(4,311 posts)The Republicans have 3 (and began with even more) contenders in the race; the Dems have two, and Hillary was widely expected to win many of the southern states. That depresses voting. There is no reason to believe we will have fewer voters in the GE; in fact, with Trump likely to get the nomination, that will bring all sorts of voters out in droves to vote against him.
I can't think how many times Bernie supporters on DU have asserted some "truth" that relies on primary voting patterns predicting GE voting patterns, which is demonstrably not true. This is a basic fact of how elections work, along with the idea of sample ballots, closed primaries, and needing to register to vote in a primary. Things that most voters understand because they've been through an election before.
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