2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What the fuck are you people thinking? [View all]BainsBane
(53,010 posts)3 million more of them and growing. Those voters are who you have a problem with. But ultimately it doesn't really matter what you think about it because your vote isn't worth any more than any other American's, and ultimately that is what Bernie and his supporters resent more than anything. "Progressives" can rail against the Democratic majority of people of color, women, elderly, disabled, and Democrats across the nation all they want. Voters still determine the outcome of elections.
Hundreds of thousands of energized people don't win an election or even a nomination. That takes hundreds of millions for the GE and tens of millions for the nomination. Sanders has proved that his revolution is nothing but a campaign slogan. He trails Clinton by a wide margin, and it has been clear since March 15 that he lost. Clinton has turned out millions of voters. She has organized volunteers across the country to work on GOTV efforts. The reasons Bernie lost are many but among them is that although he outspent Clinton 2-1, he refused to devote resources to organizing, which is why his CA field director quit. What kind of revolutionary spends well over $100 million on ads in corporate media outlets yet underfunds organizing? I suspect the answer to that may be found by following the money trail through Old Towne Media.
So sorry Bernie couldn't buy the hearts and minds of American voters. It must suck for Bernie supporters so convinced of their inherent superiority to know that lowly Democrats actually mattered in voting for the party's nominee and that those voters chose not to buy the bill of goods marketed to them to the tune of $200 million dollars.