return2ozmaMar 24, 2024

Democrats who attack the rich do better in elections. The party should take notice

https://lemmy.world/post/13472755

Democrats who attack the rich do better in elections. The party should take notice - Lemmy.World

Show threadknightly the SneptaurMar 24, 2024
They won’t. The party exists to serve the rich.
Show threadDragonTypeWyvernMar 24, 2024
Yeah, they know, and it scares them.
Show threadWarmSodaMar 24, 2024
There’s a reason they sidelined Sanders when he would have easily won in 2016
Show threadPlastic_Ramses
Do you have polls that agree with that statement?
Mar 24, 2024 at 5:56amWeb
Show threadViking_HippieMar 24, 2024

Almost all of the head to head polls Had Bernie doing better than Hillary

He also won the Wisconsin primary and the Michigan primary in spite of the DNC leadership and propaganda machine being firmly behind Hillary from the beginning.

Hillary lost those states, ultimately costing her the election, and there’s no indication that Bernie would have lost any of the states she won.

Bernie Sanders says he consistently beats Donald Trump by bigger margins than Hillary Clinton does

To potential supporters who worry about his viability as a general-election candidate, Bernie Sanders has often pointed

@politifact
Show threadJessicaMar 24, 2024
I’m pretty sure Bernie won a lot of primaries. He got 72% of the vote in Washington: www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/…/washington
Washington Primary Election Results 2016

Election results from the Washington primary, part of the 2016 presidential campaign.

Show threadViking_HippieMar 24, 2024
Yup, he did, and he would have won the general.
Show threadRevan343Mar 24, 2024
They singled out those two states because they were ones Hillary lost in the general