Eight years ago, the Democrats should have embraced their base and embraced Bernie Sanders rather than trying to court neoliberals.
  • frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
    147·
    1 day ago

    I was a Bernie delegate in Minnesota when he won the state in 2020 and I skill knew he had no shot in the vast majority of less liberal states. Where are the numbers coming from for people who would have supposedly voted him in, despite not winning enough primaries?

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      20 hours ago

      They would have been coming from:

      1. People who sat out the primaries because they were so disgusted with both parties failing to represent their interests
      2. People who voted Trump in the primary as a “burn it all down” protest vote
      3. Liberals, who would surely “vote blue no matter who” because they aren’t hypocrites, right?