Can Bernie still win?
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HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
Don't feel badly for Bernie. He's still a senator and he just bought another house.
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HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@KaliKali: Remember in the US, 1/3 are on the Left and 1/3 are on the Right. General elections are won by the candidate that wins the 1/3 in the middle.
Candidates move to the extremes of their party in order to win their party's nomination. Doing so gives them the widest appeal within their party.
But to win the general election, the candidates have to moderate their messages to make an appeal to the 1/3 in the middle. The only exception to this rule of thumb was Obama. But this is the normal course of action.
Sanders may have won the nomination if the process wasn't fixed by the DNC, but he would have lost the general election by a wide margin.
Don't forget, the DNC and RNC have internal polls. They showed a much different story than the widely circulated polls in the press.
I'm sure fans of Sanders would have liked to see him win the nomination and at least have a chance in the general election. One never knows what will happen, certainly.
But the internal polling by both parties told the tale and the outcome of the general election fell as predicted by the internal polls.
Candidates move to the extremes of their party in order to win their party's nomination. Doing so gives them the widest appeal within their party.
But to win the general election, the candidates have to moderate their messages to make an appeal to the 1/3 in the middle. The only exception to this rule of thumb was Obama. But this is the normal course of action.
Sanders may have won the nomination if the process wasn't fixed by the DNC, but he would have lost the general election by a wide margin.
Don't forget, the DNC and RNC have internal polls. They showed a much different story than the widely circulated polls in the press.
I'm sure fans of Sanders would have liked to see him win the nomination and at least have a chance in the general election. One never knows what will happen, certainly.
But the internal polling by both parties told the tale and the outcome of the general election fell as predicted by the internal polls.
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@HoraceGreenley: You don't think Obama is in the middle? xD
Hillary lost because no one likes her. She didn't excite the base so no one voted.
Hillary lost because no one likes her. She didn't excite the base so no one voted.
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@KaliKali: No, I don't think Obama is in the middle. 😉
Yes, Hillary is not a likable candidate. And she could not mobilize the base.
I was obviously making a distinction between getting the nomination and the general election.
Yes, Hillary is not a likable candidate. And she could not mobilize the base.
I was obviously making a distinction between getting the nomination and the general election.
FunKingPizzaShip · M
He had a decent campaign run, but the cards were staked against him.
His debate with Cruz a few weeks ago wasn't his brightest moment. A Sanders presidency would have been more like that night. Lots of appeal to emotions, not a lot of facts.
His debate with Cruz a few weeks ago wasn't his brightest moment. A Sanders presidency would have been more like that night. Lots of appeal to emotions, not a lot of facts.
aaaapapapa · 22-25, F
Nah fam he's too old unf. He was a shimmer of light in the otherwise dark world of politics. Our next hope is Elizabeth Warren.
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
You may like her message, but her appeal, even in Massachusetts, is weakening. I've met her a couple of times, and she is a fruit cake. I think the DNC will move on from her as she has a lot of baggage. Let's face it, she lied about her ethnic heritage to get on the faculty at the Harvard Law School.
uncalled4 · 56-60, M
He could have walked in if he had been permitted to. Methinks the DNC doth screwith the pooch.