2016 Postmortem

democrattotheend

(12,011 posts)

38. A lot of Hillary's voters prefer Bernie's policies

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 09:15 PM

Jun 2016

Many people I talked to when I canvassed for Bernie indicated that they wanted to vote for him and liked his policies, but supported Hillary because they thought she was more electable and/or thought Bernie's policies would be impossible to enact in this political climate. So even though Hillary got more votes, I think if Democratic voters had the opportunity to vote for just the candidates' platforms there's a good chance Bernie's would have won.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

49 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Sanders holds his applause on Dems� platform draft [View all] DonViejo Jun 2016 OP

I don't know what "ammo" he thinks he still has. leftofcool Jun 2016 #1

And the nominee and DNC did, demontrating the reality Hortensis Jun 2016 #5

A lot of Hillary's voters prefer Bernie's policies democrattotheend Jun 2016 #38

'ammo'? you're dismissive of the millions that support Bernie aren't ya? HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #40

It is indeed the DEM platform... brooklynite Jun 2016 #48

... Her Sister Jun 2016 #2

It sometimes sounds like he wants "transformation" without a clear definition of what that is. randome Jun 2016 #3

He's either too rigid and dogmatic or too vague and unfocused. Can you get stories straight? Armstead Jun 2016 #4

I think it's a little of both. He's dogmatic about an amorphous "transformation". randome Jun 2016 #7

I'd sure like to see a team -- Democrats ought to try it sometime Armstead Jun 2016 #11

Recognijng the importance of ALL Dems... Adrahil Jun 2016 #20

They impose the clamps....Others fight back Armstead Jun 2016 #22

This reminds me of my teenage daughter. Adrahil Jun 2016 #24

Very cute and nicely dismissive. Armstead Jun 2016 #26

Look, you're not going to scare me with smears. Adrahil Jun 2016 #27

I don't consider disagreement dismissive....I do consider Armstead Jun 2016 #28

This may be a matter of perspective. Adrahil Jun 2016 #35

^^^ THIS ^^^ HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #41

A common issue in politics ... the moving goal posts. LannyDeVaney Jun 2016 #8

A smile and an occasional "Good job" goes a long way to uniting the party and creating allies. randome Jun 2016 #9

It would also help.... Adrahil Jun 2016 #25

Baby steps forward is okay -- not backward or sideways ones Armstead Jun 2016 #12

Sanders is not the Democratic party upaloopa Jun 2016 #6

Nor is Clinton Armstead Jun 2016 #14

64/35 TwilightZone Jun 2016 #21

The exacts are debatable but within that general spectrum... Armstead Jun 2016 #23

You can't disqualify a person's reason to vote upaloopa Jun 2016 #44

That's what I said -- People have varied reasons fo0r their voting selection. Armstead Jun 2016 #45

We're the silent majority. grossproffit Jun 2016 #18

BS's supporters are maintaining two opposing positions on this. First they say that the platform Squinch Jun 2016 #10

Who? eom MohRokTah Jun 2016 #13

LOL Gothmog Jun 2016 #33

I'm going to post something that will likely get hidden DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #15

it's become awkward to watch. I'm reminded of this article after Hillary won California. grossproffit Jun 2016 #16

Oh well... SidDithers Jun 2016 #17

I bet he's on someone's shit list now. grossproffit Jun 2016 #19

yet he also stated this too... HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #42

Compared with Democratic platforms of the recent past dflprincess Jun 2016 #43

platform battle HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author geek tragedy Jun 2016 #30

Yawn NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #31

Sanders is trying to win every fight and that is not going to happen Gothmog Jun 2016 #32

Sanders does not seem aware that he is not doing anything right now to help riversedge Jun 2016 #36

... MoonRiver Jun 2016 #34

His very slow withdrawal from the campaign was a smart move but... Doctor Jack Jun 2016 #37

Given how strongly Sanders believes in these issues, there will be floor fights andym Jun 2016 #39

I think both 'campaigns work together very well and only a couple issues more 'on table'. Sunlei Jun 2016 #46

Why, it's almost as though his campaign has succeeded... Orsino Jun 2016 #47

If Sanders had won the Primary, would Clinton be able to demand changes to the platform? brooklynite Jun 2016 #49