Democratic Primaries

TwilightZone

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11. And there's zero evidence that Sanders would have done better.

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 07:27 PM

Feb 2020

In the absence of any vetting by the GOP, we have no clue how Sanders would have done in the GE. He lost the nomination pretty decisively, and anything beyond that is just conjecture.

"appealing to the more extreme left partisans and the anti-establishment outsiders who want to shake things up"

That group is a small fraction of the electorate and pandering to small groups at the expense of the others is not usually a winning strategy. They also should have understood like the rest of us that Trump was an existential threat and acted accordingly.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Argument for Bernie Sanders [View all] LeftTurn3623 Feb 2020 OP

You are right. DanTex Feb 2020 #1

The youth argument doesn't reflect the evidence. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #2

One thing LeftTurn3623 Feb 2020 #6

Still doesn't explain 2018. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #3

"She didn't once visit the labor towns." TwilightZone Feb 2020 #4

Sanders young vote didn't come out in 2106 for him and they haven't come out in the krissey Feb 2020 #5

Yes. It's certainly possible they are equally electable, even if pulling from different voters. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #8

"We lost that one." TwilightZone Feb 2020 #9

As you say, "we lost that one" because we didn't get the votes where we needed them. thesquanderer Feb 2020 #10

And there's zero evidence that Sanders would have done better. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #11

re: "That group is a small fraction of the electorate" thesquanderer Feb 2020 #12