2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Party loyalty is a means of control. I vote for those who will represent me, period. [View all]rynestonecowboy
(76 posts)if you look at the polls you refer to, you will see that Sanders is behind in places that don't know enough about him. New Hampshire and Iowa looked similar in the polls until Sanders started to get noticed. The enthusiasm can be measured by many other variables that helped BHO get elected in 2008. Sanders absolutley wipes the floor with HRC when it comes to social media outreach, you can claim she has just as many twitter followers or facebook likes but if you take a look at the data about half of her twitter followers are fake accounts bought for support and the same but not to such an extreme when it comes to facebook. Right, those are just platforms that only the non voting millennials care about, ok. Seriously look at his FEC filling and notice how many more small donations Sanders has, its just not a few, its a boatload. You will see him rise in the polls, maybe not this week or this month, but this will be a repeat of 2008.