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brooklynite

(94,598 posts)
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 01:11 PM Mar 2016

I stopped by the Sanders Reddit page, and I think they've figured something out....

They've been posting about why Sanders lost last night, and there were mostly thoughtful pieces about campaign tactics. They've started to become aware that "Face-Banking" and tech aren't substitutes for shoe leather when it comes to canvassing, and spending time on "Bernie" light displays and flash mobs may be fun but don't have a large payoff. Also, that millennials aren't a reliable voting base.

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I stopped by the Sanders Reddit page, and I think they've figured something out.... (Original Post) brooklynite Mar 2016 OP
Well it is Spring Break Iliyah Mar 2016 #1
You'd think they would have figured that out before now! Lucinda Mar 2016 #2
I think perhaps DWS did figure that out ahead of time (when the students would be on break) Samantha Mar 2016 #7
There've been Primaries during Speing Break for decades... brooklynite Mar 2016 #10
If they are smart enough to vote, they are smart enough for absentee ballots n/t Lucinda Mar 2016 #11
Did the Sanders campaign think ahead about the calendar? Always been particularly challenging bettyellen Mar 2016 #21
She is all powerful. nt WhiteTara Mar 2016 #26
Also, unlike online polls, you only get to vote once. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #3
That!!! nt Jitter65 Mar 2016 #4
I thought stepping outside the polling place and tossing that half-empty box of Thin Mints Codeine Mar 2016 #17
Bernie lost this election by not building alliances within the party Yavin4 Mar 2016 #5
He lost by forfeiting the south. He let HIllary run the delegate count up too high morningfog Mar 2016 #8
She has been building her Southern relationships since LuvLoogie Mar 2016 #27
"Also, that millennials aren't a reliable voting base." NurseJackie Mar 2016 #6
This. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #9
I was actually hoping they would NOT figure that out MaggieD Mar 2016 #12
I gotta ask... cwydro Mar 2016 #13
"join the Bernie Light Brigade today!" brooklynite Mar 2016 #16
Some may have a problem with "Creative Expression" through light media and video. KoKo Mar 2016 #19
I'm not mocking anyone... brooklynite Mar 2016 #24
I'm a reliable voter. Millions of us are. And we'll be voting for the Democrat in the fall. DemocraticWing Mar 2016 #14
links? hill2016 Mar 2016 #15
Tad Devine does not win elections. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #18
Well, rely on them NOT to show up for Hillary artislife Mar 2016 #20
Sounds about right. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #22
You mean we can't vote online? grossproffit Mar 2016 #23
I read the same page and you are making shit up. You see what you want. nt Logical Mar 2016 #25

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
7. I think perhaps DWS did figure that out ahead of time (when the students would be on break)
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 02:33 PM
Mar 2016

and scheduled the primaries accordingly.

Sam

brooklynite

(94,598 posts)
10. There've been Primaries during Speing Break for decades...
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 03:01 PM
Mar 2016

...and DNC doesn't schedule them. but never let a good conspiracy theory go to waste.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
21. Did the Sanders campaign think ahead about the calendar? Always been particularly challenging
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 06:45 PM
Mar 2016

to get college kids registered, let alone vote. Many said they expected the DNC to do the registration for them- why? That is not how it normally works.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
17. I thought stepping outside the polling place and tossing that half-empty box of Thin Mints
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 05:03 PM
Mar 2016

would clear my cookies enough to vote a second time.

I was wrong.

Yavin4

(35,442 posts)
5. Bernie lost this election by not building alliances within the party
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 02:10 PM
Mar 2016

You don't win a party's nomination without building key alliances within the party's leadership structure. Very few prominent elected Democrats spoke up for him.

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
8. He lost by forfeiting the south. He let HIllary run the delegate count up too high
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 02:34 PM
Mar 2016

in the southern states.

Part of how she did that was to get the support of African American party leadership. So, your point is taken, to that extent.

LuvLoogie

(7,011 posts)
27. She has been building her Southern relationships since
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 09:42 PM
Mar 2016

She got out of school. She has been building her Democratic party relationships for about as long.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
9. This.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 02:36 PM
Mar 2016

"They've started to become aware that "Face-Banking" and tech aren't substitutes for shoe leather when it comes to canvassing, and spending time on "Bernie" light displays and flash mobs may be fun but don't have a large payoff."

Those are great ways to build enthusiasm. It is the campaigns responsibility to turn that into more.

 

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
12. I was actually hoping they would NOT figure that out
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 03:26 PM
Mar 2016

I can promise you us "unenthusiastic" Hillary supporters knew better. I have always said, I don't mind a bit if Bernie wants to be president of the internet.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
19. Some may have a problem with "Creative Expression" through light media and video.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 06:23 PM
Mar 2016

Unless...it is on [n]their candidate's side, that is.

It's wonderful to see people engaged in the process and using whatever creative means they have to express their opinions in a way that contrasts with Donald Trump. Trump who wouldn't know "creativity" unless its a piece of property he can mow down to build another enterprise with "marble and not terrazo" and lease out his "Trump" name for profit--then declare a Bankruptcy that he cashes in on. A candidate who incites riots and denigrates his fellow citizens and non-citizens and uses borderline fascist tactics to whip up his crowds is far more dangerous than the wonderful, creative Bernie supporters who will not forget this campaign and carry the seeds of "The Positive Revolution" that neither Hillary nor "The Donald" would ever want to condone.

Instead the instinct is to mock young people and their creative expressions rather than understand and engage. But, perhaps they Do Understand...only too well....what a "Movement for Real Change" would mean to their business enterprises and their pockets.

brooklynite

(94,598 posts)
24. I'm not mocking anyone...
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 09:16 PM
Mar 2016

...I'm observing that the goal of political campaigns is to turn out voters in sufficient number to win; and that some tactics do well and some don't.

 

artislife

(9,497 posts)
20. Well, rely on them NOT to show up for Hillary
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 06:30 PM
Mar 2016

if she is the nominee in November.

Get used to saying President Trump.

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