2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

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17. And she'll get those votes in November.

Tue May 24, 2016, 09:25 AM

May 2016

People are going to think long and hard about their choices and then vote for the better candidate for President. Sensible people will, anyhow.

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Hillary cannot win in November without progressive Democrats... [View all] Yurovsky May 2016 OP

National polls are meaningless at this point when their is a 3-way choice. riversedge May 2016 #1

Look at the head-to-heads HRC vs Bernie... still a dead heat... Yurovsky May 2016 #3

Hillary polls 10 points ahead of Bernie. I guess by #berniemath that's a dead heat. YouDig May 2016 #5

Head-to-head HRC vs Bernie polls aren't a dead heat. TwilightZone May 2016 #24

And progressive Democrats have no real reason not to vote for Clinton. baldguy May 2016 #2

Progressives are cool with Goldman Sachs, Walmart, ExxonMobil? Yurovsky May 2016 #6

You need to really get out and talk to people....Democrats... INdemo May 2016 #11

If they feel like it's a waste of effort, many just won't vote. hellofromreddit May 2016 #19

People who won't support the Dem nominee against Trump are not progressive. Period. YouDig May 2016 #4

So Greens aren't progressive? They may not be Democrats... Yurovsky May 2016 #9

No. They are self-indulgent idiots. YouDig May 2016 #10

I don't think opposing corporate ownership of the party is boxing progressives in... Yurovsky May 2016 #13

I don't think you can be a progressive and just sit out or vote third party while facing Trump. YouDig May 2016 #14

So when can, oh great one, progressives take a stand? Goblinmonger May 2016 #18

Helping Trump get elected is not the kind of "stand" a progressive takes. YouDig May 2016 #21

It it wasn't Trump Bettie May 2016 #25

That's true. Progressives don't help elect Cruz or Rubio either. YouDig May 2016 #26

So, sit down and shut up Bettie May 2016 #28

Say whatever you want. Just don't help electing Republicans. Why is that so hard? YouDig May 2016 #31

Electing someone who won't Bettie May 2016 #33

Ask for anything? How about a $12 minimum wage, is that nothing to you? YouDig May 2016 #36

If you begin negotiating at 12 Bettie May 2016 #39

Maybe, maybe not. But it's still not nothing. You said she didn't ask for anything, not true. YouDig May 2016 #41

Fine. Bettie May 2016 #43

How about labor rights, and the Employee Free Choice Act? Do you care about those? YouDig May 2016 #45

And don't forget all the great trade deals!!! Yurovsky May 2016 #50

My priorities Bettie May 2016 #52

Any person needs to vote for what they believe in. Goblinmonger May 2016 #35

A person can vote however they want, but if they vote to make Trump more likely to be YouDig May 2016 #37

So if we go by the polls right now and that Sanders can beat Trump Goblinmonger May 2016 #38

The polls right now don't mean much. YouDig May 2016 #40

So may be Clinton can win without progressives Goblinmonger May 2016 #48

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That's just complete nonsense. Progressives don't have to be Democrats... Yurovsky May 2016 #57

If they help Trump become president they aren't progressives. YouDig May 2016 #58

What they are is fucking fed up progressives. Autumn May 2016 #53

That is correct & add in indy voters too pinebox May 2016 #7

Hillary neither wants nor needs anyone to the left of Henry Kissinger Fumesucker May 2016 #8

Yes but does she love power & money more than she hates us? Yurovsky May 2016 #12

You are talking about someone who was fooled by Dubya Fumesucker May 2016 #15

Maybe she wasn't fooled... Yurovsky May 2016 #16

It's an easy sell to her supporters Fumesucker May 2016 #20

Ha! You nailed it! Yurovsky May 2016 #46

And she'll get those votes in November. MineralMan May 2016 #17

The 3 to 4 Supreme Court picks by the next president will affect oasis May 2016 #47

Yes. There are many reasons, all of them good ones. MineralMan May 2016 #51

I live in a swing state (Ohio). I am voting for the Democrat. If you live in a deep blue or deep red pampango May 2016 #22

I live in a swing state. Ino May 2016 #59

Texas is gonna stay red. I have no qualms writing in. nt VulgarPoet May 2016 #63

More whining and blackmail Dem2 May 2016 #23

Indies make up the largest part of the electorate. onecaliberal May 2016 #27

There is really nothing Hillary can do but bash them. In my case, us. djean111 May 2016 #42

Sad state of affairs when Altus GE is between who can cheat more and better. onecaliberal May 2016 #44

No, actually, they don't. Democrats have been the largest voting bloc since late December TwilightZone May 2016 #55

You are WRONG, and thanks for linking to the corporate media. Indies have been majority since 2012. onecaliberal May 2016 #62

A true "progressive" Democrat is not going to vote, or not vote, in a fashion that favors GOPers. Hoyt May 2016 #29

Sanders supporters have treated us horribly. You call us Republicans, corporatists, Third Wayers, Trust Buster May 2016 #30

I know, I know you can't bow down to progressives... Yurovsky May 2016 #32

I don't care. I do not share the values of people that verbally attack and threaten other Democrats. Trust Buster May 2016 #34

Bernie can't win in July...nt SidDithers May 2016 #49

she also can't with without the Black, LGBT, Latino and Women's vote Sheepshank May 2016 #56

I expect she'll get their support. kstewart33 May 2016 #60

Clinton just needs most who voted for Obama to vote for her. Garrett78 May 2016 #61