Evidence Indicates that Bernie Sanders is the Democrats’ Best Shot at the White House
The answer appears to be perceived electability. When I’ve phone banked for Sanders, I’ve talked to a lot of voters who say they’re a big fan of his, and they’re glad he’s in the race, but they just aren’t sure he can win a general election. They’re scared of the Republicans, they tell me, and their foremost concern is making sure the Democratic nominee, no matter who it is, wins in November.
I think this attitude is misguided, both because there are large and important differences between the Democratic candidates and because electability arguments can be circular, self-fulfilling prophecies. In no small part because electability considerations are speculative, we’re much better served by casting our vote for the candidate whose record and platform is most aligned with our values.
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The numbers indicate that the Democrats’ electoral prospects would be better under Bernie Sanders than under Hillary Clinton for two important reasons:
1. Young people, who arguably won both the 2008 and 2012 elections for Barack Obama, love Sanders. Many do not like Clinton.
2. Independents and Republicans are more likely to vote for Bernie Sanders than for Hillary Clinton.
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Yes, every last one of them. I read that here.
No one has run any negative ads about him.
There IS such a thing as voter suppression and election fraud and both were used in this primary. Voters were suspiciously UNregistered or their party affiliation was changed. In MANY states whose BOEs were run or managed by Hillary supporters.
Clinton had 400+ delegates BEFORE the first vote was cast. NO VOTING BOOTHS involved. And those delegates gave her a lead in the count before a single voter ever cast a ballot. Just IMO if you think THAT is anything resembling "Democratic" you need your head examined.
Her bosom buddy DWS selected only Hillary supporters for the convention committees. Only 3 of them are Sanders supporters.
She has smearmeister David Brock running constant smear campaigns such as "chair throwing and violence" and "stole DNC data" bullshit against Sanders. The guy who called Anita Hill "a little nutty and a little slutty". But you can excuse that, can't you?
The media - all owned by 6 huge corporations - some of them the biggest tax dodgers (and biggest Clinton supporters) have trashed Sanders from the outset and continue to do so - because they want to continue dodging their taxes and avoid paying their fair share - as they know Sanders would make them do. It's not rocket science.
The entire DNC convention is financed and run by huge corprats and anti-single payer entities. But ohhh it's Hillary and we want our "first woman President" pony anyway so we'll ignore that, too.
SHE is part of the Oligarchy and the Establishment which needs to be dismantled if we're going to salvage any kind of Democracy out of what's left of our country.
And we're going to do WHAT? ELECT - HER?
I could go on...but suffice to say the woman has had the utmost in preferential treatment I've ever seen a candidate get and her supporters have a gargantuan blind spot when it comes to her record, the sources of her money ie: who OWNS her, her constantly switching positions on policy depending on what day it is, what event she's at and who she's talking to resulting in major distrust in her. It's embarrassing, shameful and ridiculous. And TRUMP is beating her in polls. HER popularity DECREASES while Sanders INCREASES.
But oh yes, she "won" you say - before even the convention has happened. She "won" before even the first vote was cast in ANY voting booth. She only did so because she was SHOVED down the throats of a propaganda and money-crippled opponent in a highly UNDemocratic and sorely compromised system and most of all a blind, fact-averse "we want our female President pony NOW" contingent of lazy, fear-driven half-wits.
Oh yea. Pfft.
