2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNate Silver: So far, more Democrats would be satisfied with Clinton as nominee
Per exit polls so far, % of party voters who would be satisfied with __ as their nominee:
Clinton 78%
Sanders 63
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Rubio 53
Cruz 51
Trump 48
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/705406399891828736
Again and again and again, voters are choosing to vote for Hillary because they want to vote for Hillary. This is not that hard to understand.
november3rd
(1,113 posts)Let's face it.
What Moonves showed us is that publicity gets attention.
Clinton has the branding, and that's all people want to look at.
BlueMTexpat
(15,372 posts)this is?
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,372 posts)that this one was just the last straw for me.
gabeana
(3,166 posts)are all Bernie supporters but if Hillary gets the nom we have no problem whatsoever of voting for her in the general if it comes to that.
The most important thing is we do not get a republican in the whitehouse
BlueMTexpat
(15,372 posts)all the Hillary supporters I know.
There is no need to tear down either candidate. Both are great. The alternative is literally unthinkable.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)My tiny little mind is blown.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Hillary should not become the nominee because millions of people will never come out to support her because she is so hated.
According to these numbers, significantly more people would be dissatisfied with Sanders as the nominee. So can we lay this false scare tactic to rest already?
The Republican numbers are far more interesting. Because it is a three (not two) person race, there are more people dissatisfied with the prospect of a Trump candidacy (and more of them), even though he is the current frontrunner. The anti-Trump faction is split between two candidates. We have only one anti-Clinton candidate. This is why the Republican contest is so fascinating.
BlueMTexpat
(15,372 posts)or "ignorant" voters. We have "drunk the Koolaid" and can't possibly make informed decisions for ourselves, no matter what our own accomplishments and life experiences, all because we have not FTB.
Stallion
(6,476 posts)its only the Greens, Naderites and Independents that know what's best for the Democratic Party
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)People's reasons for supporting HRC and then berating and belittling them when they give reasons. I took that bait a few times. I can't imagine that tactic results in many converts.
Logical
(22,457 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,372 posts)Like beauty, progressive can be in the eye of the beholder.
A statement like yours is like having a missionary who comes to my doorstep and tells me I am going to hell because I don't believe in the god s/he does or that my choice is somehow lesser.
That is hardly progressive.
jcgoldie
(11,639 posts)Damn that Silver... he's a witch!
Gamecock Lefty
(700 posts)because I like her better than Grandpa Bernie. End of story.
I know BS supporters cannot understand someone not liking their candidate as much as Clinton, but deal with it.
And I don't care if someone calls me a neolib, neocon, oligarchy or whatever. Bring on the name calling - yawn.
Also turns out we Hill supporters are more loyal to our candidate than the bots are to theirs. BS supporters go to rallies; we go to the polls!
BlueMTexpat
(15,372 posts)even be eating their own, e.g., the swarming of Elizabeth Warren for not endorsing Bernie prior to the MA primaries.
That is not the usual behavior of real Democrats.