And that is assuming that the poster is correct about what union members really did do.

What on earth are those voters hearing when Trump speaks?

It is just that unions tend to be extremely protective of their unions and for very good reason.

But trump is a pure capitalist. If it cost him less money with free trade he would implement immediately. He and his administration is busting unions through new laws. It’s like smoking, looks cool but you’re paying someone to kill you.

Bernie does a good job at populism during the primaries and so did Trump during the general. Union workers were attracted to their populist attributes. The policy was a distant second consideration.

One of the reasons we got trump is Sanders' and Warren's opposition to foreign trade and endless criticism of Obama's trade policies/agreements right up to the November 2016 election.

Sure there were other factors, but there were only 70K or so votes in key states that prevented Clinton from winning.

And that Hillary was a "free-marketeer sellout who never saw a 3rd world trade deal she didn't like."

And it worked: A lot of rust belt voters bought the lie - and put on their Made-in-China MAGAt hats.

They'd make a great ticket.

We'll know more after Super Tuesday.

She has a better track record in a far shorter career.

I wish she'd be doing better, as I think she would be more electable as a nominee - and a more effective president - than Bernie.

She could still turn this around - but the window has narrowed tremendously.

Convince nervous middle aged men that things used to be better (they weren't, really) and that X (immigrants, billionaires, whatever) is the reason they are worse now. The problem is it's a gun that can be pointed in any direction.

I didn't realize how poisonous populism was until recently.

I used to think it was a good thing, now I think populism is awful.

Revolution indeed.

But most people are fucking idiots.

...things need to be shaken up, and that the working class always end up with the short end of the stick.

Sanders was the candidate that most truly represents this voter, but Trump also capitalized on this sentiment.

So when it was Hillary vs. Bernie, these voters picked Bernie.

Then when it was Hillary vs. Trump, these voters picked Trump, as the perceived better of the remaining options.

And if it becomes Trump vs. Bernie, Bernie can get them back. At least in theory.

Cops and Border Patrol were the only unions that endorsed Trump in 2016.

Talking about Pennsylvania.

Many people don't bother reading the labels, they just listen to ads.

"He's going to shake things up" and "He tells it like it is".

Such is the intellectual depth of the average American voter today.

Hillary was closely associated with both and it lost her WI, MI and PA.

to make Clinton unpalatable for a segment of the population. Is why it is possible.

People who lean toward religious authoritarianism were very open to the message that a woman who didn't "do it right" according to their preachers were particularly susceptible to the message. Also, for most of her time in public life, there was a constant drumbeat that she was dishonest and untrustworthy...not due to anything she did, but because someone saw something that scared them when she was much, much younger.

Marketing works and these union members (the Trump voters) are probably church goers and generally predisposed to dislike the idea of a woman in charge of anything but kids.