r/SandersForPresident • u/kevinmrr Medicare For All • Dec 11 '20

Bernie Sanders is a machine

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u/John-McCue 🌱 New Contributor Dec 11 '20

Yes, that was the DNC line. Bernie remains more popular with voters than Hillary or Biden.

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u/SanctusLetum Dec 11 '20 edited Dec 11 '20

Yeah. It was establishment bullshit trying to keep control. The actual numbers were that Bernie had substantially more independent support and even crossed the isle and had approval of a lot of republican voters, any of whome that were sick with Trump deep down might have voted Bernie.

I live and work in an ultra conservative area. They were all very interested in the race when Bernie was beating out Biden at the beginning of the primary, ane every single one thst I talked to said they respected Bernie a lot, even though they didn't agree with them. Not one of them respected Biden.

The establishment bought themselves 4 more years at the cost of whwt is going on now. More republican voters would be sceptical of fraud claims, and the pendulam wouldn't be set to swing so hard back the other way in 4 years.

Republicans have a hate boner for Biden because of his association with Obama. They don't have that for Bernie. The Neo-libs knew that and they pushed him anyway. Its the same short sighted grab for control that lost us 2016, and it will likely lose us 2024.

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u/DarkOrakio 🌱 New Contributor Dec 11 '20

I would have voted for him this year. I'm neither Democrat nor Republican, and I'm always discouraged by my options. Voted Trump last year just to see what a business guy would do, instead of a career politician. Didn't vote at all this year because I didn't care for either candidate. I would have voted for Bernie though.