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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If you don't have the support of the base, you won't be the nominee. [View all]Gothmog
(154,561 posts)90. You are totally wrong yet again
Sanders was rejected by Jewish, African American and Latino voters. Sanders sole source of support were white voters. Sanders did not have the support of the base of the party and was running not to win the nomination but to gain status and money. There was no way for a candidate who was rejected by the base to be the nominee in the real world
Sanders did not run to be the nominee. The fact that you are ignoring Sanders own statements amuses me a great deal
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If you don't have the support of the base, you won't be the nominee. [View all]
Garrett78
Dec 2016
OP
Oh, right. She lost by having 2,864,974 more votes than the cheeto-faced shitgibbon.
baldguy
Dec 2016
#7
You don't win the presidency that way. It takes 270 EVs. Popular vote doesn't matter.
Exilednight
Dec 2016
#19
No, I never said I hated Hillary. You said I did when you responded to my post.
Exilednight
Dec 2016
#23
If you're going to make accusations, then post links where I said such a thing.
Exilednight
Dec 2016
#26
I can't get over all these liberal EC fans that continue to sprout up all over the place.
kcr
Dec 2016
#34
He won because of a corrupt system that disenfranchised millions of black voters
boston bean
Dec 2016
#46
This is the EXACT same argument that RWers on Twitter tweet me. I never thought I'd see
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2016
#51
You're not on Twitter, are you? Or maybe you are, but under a different disguise?
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2016
#56
Not necessarily true. It takes real skill to get your point across in 140 characters or less.
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2016
#58
So she didn't win because she was a good candidate but because Sanders screwed up?
uponit7771
Jan 2017
#102
BULL FUCKIN SHIT !!! Comey, Voter suppression and Russia all the rest of the postmortems are guessin
uponit7771
Jan 2017
#101
I could counter your premise, but that's been done in plenty of threads already.
Garrett78
Dec 2016
#4
I agree. The DLC takes progressives AND people of color for granted except at election time
yurbud
Dec 2016
#92
You mean the "white working class"? seeing there are plenty of working class folk (I dare say most
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#13
No, the base doesn't... the peripherals do but black women, single women, Hispanics and other...
uponit7771
Jan 2017
#104
Do you have any numbers at all to support that claim? The Green Party got its typical % of votes,
JudyM
Dec 2016
#43
The problem is, many states turned away new Dem supporters by preventing late registration.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2016
#41
So true! 6month advance registration requirement! Let's hope that's one of the improvements
JudyM
Dec 2016
#42
I think the big corporate donors are more important than "The Base" in determining the nominee.
jalan48
Dec 2016
#16
"Some Sanders supporters have no use for the Democratic Party except to exploit it."
TonyPDX
Dec 2016
#52
I think it played a role. Those who are most oppressed can't take a chance on someone like Sanders.
Garrett78
Dec 2016
#66
Not to mention the delegate count wouldn't have been remotely close without caucuses.
Garrett78
Dec 2016
#67
First Sanders never had a chance of being the nominee and second, the oppo would have killed him
Gothmog
Dec 2016
#69
A significant portion of the Democratic base rejected Sanders for some valid reasons
Gothmog
Dec 2016
#77
So in your world, people who support President Obama would have ignored Sanders attacks on the POTUS
Gothmog
Dec 2016
#80
The cold hard fact is that neither Sanders nor O'Malley DID get nominated.....
George II
Dec 2016
#82
Sanders had more than double the appearances on the Sunday talk shows compared to the next person
Gothmog
Jan 2017
#97