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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders is nothing but a heckler [View all]Gothmog
(174,136 posts)I know the facts and I have seen the exit polls. There was no magical voter revolution and no one who lived in the real world expected there to be a magical voter revolution.
I am involved in the grass roots in my state. From what I have seen, Sanders plays no role in the grass roots movement. Fear of trump is what is motivating voters right now. At one town hall, a large number of voters listed fear of losing existing health coverage as their main reason to be active and not one person mentioned single payer or sanders.
The Our Revolution movement seems to have flopped. Again, this group attacked a candidate because he was Asian and that candidate ended getting the most votes. In my part of Texas, the Asian vote could be the difference for down ballot candidates. The candidate endorsed by the Our Revolution came in third behind the Asian candidate and a Hillary top tier fundraiser who was a Hillblazer". I know the Hillary fundraiser but will be supporting the other candidate.
Again, the real world is a nice place. It takes hard work to make change. Unrealistic proposals that rely on magical thinking are not effective in the real world.