Bernie Sanders and ‘the American mainstream’

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8. I don't disregard them

I just don't think people vote based on those preferences. I just don't see it. Time and again people vote for the R over the D even though the R is significantly farther from those principles than the D.

Look at the Clintons. There is arguably no pair of politicians who follow polls to set their agendas more than them. And yet they do not go around saying that they will be super liberals.

Christie was re-elected even after he was proven to be a crook. The Dems didn't even bother to support their own candidate. That certainly is a major problem, but it doesn't explain the overall patterns, or why the senate is controlled by R's.

Anyway, peace, I don't mean to come across as attacking your post. I am just letting off some frustration.