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Showing Original Post only (View all)For those who are mad at Berners, still. [View all]
It's important to study the NPR data from 2017. Here's an important paragraph about the 1 in 10 Bernie supporters who crossed over to Trump in the GE:
Party seems to have had something to do with it Sanders-Trump voters were much less likely than Sanders-Clinton or Sanders-third party voters to have been Democrats. Likewise, approval of President Barack Obama appears to be related Sanders-Trump voters approved of Obama much less than other Sanders primary voters.
Ergo: Those who crossed over weren't previously Dems.
And they were not supporters of Obama.
There was a racial bias common in these crossovers:
"And then there is race. Nearly half of Sanders-Trump voters disagree with the idea that "white people have advantages."
And so it is counter-productive to think of holding all Bernie supporters responsible for Clinton's electoral college loss.
It's not possible to have party unity in the GE with people who obviously have had no true affiliation with the party and do not share core values.
[link:https://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/545812242/1-in-10-sanders-primary-voters-ended-up-supporting-trump-survey-finds?fbclid=IwAR1o-cOa62ZE_adyvGdk7Jmz-XW6OQzY0Tgef517gh_0UqxRpoSKSNzgfMM|
Let's hope to learn from this NPR data.
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Yeah that kind of sucked. I can see Biden might have felt he owed him something. But the
Autumn
Apr 2019
#65
Bernie did joint the party to run as president. You may find that hippocritical. However,
vsrazdem
Apr 2019
#52
Take it up with the party, they made the rules. You don't like them, change them. nt
Autumn
Apr 2019
#62
I'm responding to a question that asked if I thought being a Democrat was "a value".
LisaM
Apr 2019
#75
A label, what you call yourself, is different than values, they are principles or standards.
Autumn
Apr 2019
#82
He said he wanted to fill half his cabinet with republicans. That is not what I am voting for.
vsrazdem
Apr 2019
#76
He running as a Democrat as president, and if elected he will be the leader of the democratic party.
vsrazdem
Apr 2019
#80
He has always done that and frankly I don't give a damn. He is my first choice and if he doesn't
vsrazdem
Apr 2019
#84
Well, good for you. You certainly have a right to your opinion, as do I and many others.
vsrazdem
Apr 2019
#88
He is a Democrat. If he weren't the party would not allow him to run as one. nt.
Autumn
Apr 2019
#61
Already on it. He barely hung on last primary. He most likely won't win the next.
MrsCoffee
Apr 2019
#73
there are plenty of people further left who have a true affiliation with the party
Fresh_Start
Apr 2019
#24
Hey! Did you find anything on Old Towne Media, LLC now that his taxes are released or are you
Autumn
Apr 2019
#7
I have not looked at sanders returns other than to note that they were not from turbo tax
Gothmog
Apr 2019
#10
He released the summaries, so we don't get to know where he has his money invested anyway.
KitSileya
Apr 2019
#34
For me, some Bernie supporters of today are as reprehensible as Trumpian deplorables
KitSileya
Apr 2019
#33
Oh for crying out loud we have someone right on this thread who wrote in Bernie in the GE.
seaglass
Apr 2019
#58
I don't hold Bernie supporters responsible. I hold Sanders' lack of leadership responsible.
MH1
Apr 2019
#60
not so mad at bs as i am/was about the way some of his supporters acted toward HRC and her voters...
samnsara
Apr 2019
#70
yeah....but those supporters who acted badly may be the ones who were never Dems..
Grasswire2
Apr 2019
#72