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2016 Postmortem

Ninga

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4. Of course. However, the ability to recognize that the "winner take all" primary mentality

Reply to cali (Reply #1)

Wed May 25, 2016, 09:54 AM

May 2016

meant that a lot of Democratic primary voters were being left in the dust, could have been taped into, and wasn't. Short sighted for sure...lesson learned? I think so.

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Al Gore had Nader, John Kerry had Dean.... [View all] Ninga May 2016 OP

Nader ran as an independent. Dean won only a handful of votes. cali May 2016 #1

Of course. However, the ability to recognize that the "winner take all" primary mentality Ninga May 2016 #4

I hope you are correct! Silver_Witch May 2016 #2

Kerry's record of service was to the left of Dean's record. Why would you have moved him rightward? blm May 2016 #3

Dean spoke strongly to the middle class and championing health care and liberal values. Ninga May 2016 #6

I believe you are actually unfamiliar with Kerry's record and campaign and drawn in by corpmedia blm May 2016 #9

Gore had Harris purging voting roles SciFiRK May 2016 #5

All true. However a stronger voter turn out might not have left the wiggle room for such Ninga May 2016 #7

Then you don't understand HOW easy it was for Rove's operatives to change vote totals once blm May 2016 #10

I hope you are right because Hillary is a lot more disliked and mistrusted than Gore or Kerry Vote2016 May 2016 #8

Clinton already has most of the same in the policies as Sanders. So Sanders will inevitably take seabeyond May 2016 #11

Nader got less than 1% of the vote in Gore's home state of Tennessee StarTrombone May 2016 #12