I'm constantly marveling at Trump's luck as a politician. He only won in 2016 because he ran against one of the Democrats' weakest candidates. In 2024 he ends up running against someone even weaker.
I'm a big Bernie supporter — knocked doors in 2016 and 2020, whole shebang — but a lot of people seem to brush aside the fact that he got, fair and square, significantly fewer votes than his opponents in both primaries
Yeah no offense to you but I was real confused at the Bernie bros claiming he was robbed when, in fact, he simply got fewer votes. It's just math, and not even "weird electoral college" math.
yes, but that doesn't mean he has a right for the DNC to stand behind him and support him. you are not a member of the party, why is anyone surprised the party wants to elect a member rather than a non-member. (i'm p sure we are on the same side here i am just explaining my comment.)
I'm not even talking about just Bernie. The party operated like 2016 was Hilary's by fiat to the point that Bernie was the *only* competition. And then in 2020 of course they cleared the slate to appoint Biden.
if Sanders' only path to victory was a fractured moderate vote it says more about his strength as a candidate that Biden's, imho (and again, I'm a Sanders supporter)
The Primary mostly gets settled by Iowa and South Carolina — states that won't go Democrat anyway.
Maybe the party should design a primary that actually reflects their EC roadmap to victory, plus find a way to engage voters who don't normally show up to primaries but do for the general!
I'd posit that Good At Party Primary and Nomination and Good At Getting Elected are not definitely linked, and are not mutually exclusive.
That being said, I'd have a hard time pointing to anyone in 2016 who would've done better in the general. Especially the guy I liked who SUCKED at primaries
That's a solid, incredibly relevant and important point.
The fact that PoC women Democrats get the lion's share of that crusading cannot be overstated, either.
It’s worse, true. But only a little bit. They’ve been trying to weaken and delegitimize Biden’s presidency almost from the outset. Certainly from the Afghanistan withdrawal.
