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2016 Postmortem
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President Sanders? Bernie would have beaten Trump
If Democrats had made a different choice in the primaries last spring, Bernie Sanders would be assembling his cabinet right now. A reading of voting patterns in the presidential election suggests that the Vermont senator would have beaten Donald Trump.
Mr. Trump won the election by prevailing in the Rust Belt states of Michigan, Wisconsinand Pennsylvania that, together, gave him 46 electoral votes. In Michigan, he edged Hillary Clinton by just three-tenths of a percent. In Wisconsin, the margin was eight-tenths. In Pennsylvania there was a slightly larger gap of 1.2 percent.
All three of those states usually lean toward the Democratic candidate. This time around, most working class white voters -- many of whom voted for Barack Obama in the last two elections -- saw Ms. Clinton as the incarnation of a political establishment that was indifferent to their struggles. They were won over by Mr. Trump's boasts that he would protect American jobs and challenge the influence of Wall Street. Who else in the 2016 campaign made similar promises, with far more conviction? Bernie Sanders, of course
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/
If Democrats had made a different choice in the primaries last spring, Bernie Sanders would be assembling his cabinet right now. A reading of voting patterns in the presidential election suggests that the Vermont senator would have beaten Donald Trump.
Mr. Trump won the election by prevailing in the Rust Belt states of Michigan, Wisconsinand Pennsylvania that, together, gave him 46 electoral votes. In Michigan, he edged Hillary Clinton by just three-tenths of a percent. In Wisconsin, the margin was eight-tenths. In Pennsylvania there was a slightly larger gap of 1.2 percent.
All three of those states usually lean toward the Democratic candidate. This time around, most working class white voters -- many of whom voted for Barack Obama in the last two elections -- saw Ms. Clinton as the incarnation of a political establishment that was indifferent to their struggles. They were won over by Mr. Trump's boasts that he would protect American jobs and challenge the influence of Wall Street. Who else in the 2016 campaign made similar promises, with far more conviction? Bernie Sanders, of course
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/
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Alekzander
Jan 2017
#17
Never have had that problem at DK yet & been there for a while. I have had threads locked here
Alekzander
Jan 2017
#38
It probably would have been, if you had written something of this nature BEFORE the
Cal33
Jan 2017
#90
With Trump in former KGB Putin's pocket, it is hard to demonize a democratic socialist
karynnj
Jan 2017
#121
Bernie would have easily beat Trump. Especially where it mattered, WI, MI, and PA.
putitinD
Jan 2017
#20
But he couldn't win the primary, so it's a moot point. If POC weren't excited about this election..
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2017
#27
Yes she personally went and shut the doors at every precinct when she saw a Sanders supporter coming
mythology
Jan 2017
#57
Millions of us "prevented Bernie from winning the primary". "M-I-L-L-I-O-N-S"!
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2017
#82
I would hope in the final choice POC would have eventually voted f- HEY! You just
dionysus
Jan 2017
#72
But but but Kurt Eichenwald saw an eleventy bliion page thick book of opo research...
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2017
#28
"The establishment" isn't the 17 million Americans who voted for Clinton in the primaries.
George II
Jan 2017
#48
Maybe. We'll never know. Meanwhile, this will be the predictable flame war. Nt
dionysus
Jan 2017
#71
Because the Trump voters in the Rust Belt were really crying out for Single Payer healthcare?
brooklynite
Jan 2017
#76
...and if Sanders had been the nominee, voters would have had a choice of two...
brooklynite
Jan 2017
#97
By winning them 60% to 37%? I don't think so. What's with that pic? Spit it out!
bettyellen
Jan 2017
#115
Look at your shiny new goalposts! I have a feeling you could play this game all day.
bettyellen
Jan 2017
#117
Another useless crystal ball OP. I am tired of this "Bernie would have won" nonsense
Persondem
Jan 2017
#77
Yes, we know Trump voters would have voted for him because Bernie's SO dreamy!
EffieBlack
Jan 2017
#99