Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I think I understand the Bernie bro thing now [View all]rwsanders
(2,596 posts)so it is rarely a factor in my choices, but I just saw an article that was making that point based on the show "Survivor" (which I never watch).
It is odd the things academics will choose to study, but someone wrote a paper saying that the strength of most winners was the ability to build coalitions.
But on the other hand, DC is a bit of bubble and I have read that most politicians view the public as far more conservative than it really is, and many of the coalitions built are with the 1% crowd.
So whether incremental progress is possible as many here say, or it will require a "revolution" as Chris Hedges says, is hard to determine. If I was positive that incremental progress was possible (which I haven't seen) I could get behind the full agenda. But especially on the issues that I consider critical, it has been a slow decline.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided