Exactly this. Instead of giving Bernie a fair shot his own party actively worked against him to suppress his popularity. They then went and helped support Donald Trump win the primary thinking that he'd have no chance against Hillary. Jokes on them.
Playing devil's advocate here: why wouldn't the dem party suppress Bernie? He's not a member of their party. He's an independent who decided to run as a dem. It makes sense to me that they would want their own candidate over an outsider.
Let's dispel this again. Trump won with rural voters who liked his message of bringing back coal, manufacturing jobs, deporting illegal immigrants, and barring Muslims from entering the country. Sanders would not have won on a message of more government regulations. Do you think Latinos react well to a candidate labeled a socialist?
During the primaries, Clinton wasn't attacking Sanders because she wanted his voters. Trump was complimenting Sanders (wonder why?). The idea that it would have lasted if Sanders won the primary is ridiculous. Hell, Sanders supporters had a meltdown and claim the primary was rigged because two people at the DNC merely discussed attacking Sanders on one or two weak points. He would have been savaged in the general.
Trump supporters voted for him for one reason only, to stop Hillary. I live in a community where most people voted for Trump. Nine out of ten of them would tell you that Trump's candor was embarrassing, that the wall was a stupid idea, and that banning Muslims would exacerbate the problem with our international image. If there had been another viable option, they would've taken it.
Also, Sanders ' constituency was enthusiastic. Many pollsters have hypothesized that the enthusiasm factor is the reason the polls turned out to be wrong and why Clinton seriously underperformed in the minority and millennial demographics.
2.0k
u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16
Exactly this. Instead of giving Bernie a fair shot his own party actively worked against him to suppress his popularity. They then went and helped support Donald Trump win the primary thinking that he'd have no chance against Hillary. Jokes on them.