I don't understand the Sanders' surrogates "post-Pete-dropout" strategy

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53. More typical Sanders supporters asserting facts not known and avoiding the real story

Obviously when you win the Iowa Caucuses (or tie if you prefer) you have to do it with a sizeable involvement of both workers and farmers.

But if you really really really believe that he had no working class people supporting him and you stomp your feet really hard you can assert it. Of course it ignores the fact that his main organized support group was Vote Vets that consist exclusively of "working class people". It also ignores the fact that when Buttigieg volunteered for the Obama campaign and came into so many working class homes had sons serving in the army that he volunteered for the reserves and served in Afghanistan.

So go ahead and tell all of those Vets who formed the main body of Mayor Pete's support that they aren't working class because Bernie's Bros have decided that they aren't.

Now here are the real facts that you refuse to acknowledge:

Sanders isn't expanding support for the party but is running at a fraction of what he did in 2016:


In 2016 Sanders got 23 delegates in Iowa, in 2020 he got 12.

In 2016 Sanders got 152,193 votes in NH and in 2020 only got 76,352

In 2016 Sanders got 26% of the vote in South Carolina and in 2020 only 19.9%


So even though he had a 4 year advantage and pre existing infrastructure Sanders actual support is a fraction of what it was 4 years ago.

It is only because the "anybody but Sanders" wing of the Democratic Party which amounts to 65% to 70% of the party is split among 4-6 candidates does Sanders 35% look substantial. Of course when the number of candidates decrease that 35% will not look so substantial.

So naturally Sanders devotees are bitter as the number of candidates decrease and Sanders falls behind.

Which leaves the obvious question, "Do you really think that insulting other candidates is likely to increase or decrease the number of people that will migrate to Sanders?" Then why do they do it? Because insulting real Democrats is what they want to do. Just wait until Sanders loses the nomination and complain about how unfair it is that having insulted non supporters that they didn't choose to support him. In bitterness the visitor will leave.