The Democratic smothering of the Bernie coalition reaped its reward today, writes Krystal Ball.
  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
    233·
    2 months ago

    I’m not impressed by this analysis.

    • It doesn’t account for those who stayed home.
    • It doesn’t account those who would have voted for Sanders instead of Trump if that option were actually available to them.
    • Who did they think would be excited to volunteer to canvass for Democratic genocidaires? The DNC knowingly forfeited their ground game.
    • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
      78·
      2 months ago

      I really cannot see how anyone who would vote for trump would vote for sanders. its like apples and poison ivy. I don’t get those who don’t vote in a democracy either. I hate living in this eroding time period but way the hell glad to be living when democracy is considered the standard form of government. On tope of it we get to vote for the office, and get to vote for people to run for the office, and can sign signatures to get people on the ballot to run for office. I feel like people really don’t have a good sense of human history.

        • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
          18·
          2 months ago

          Yeah I just don’t see it. They could not be more different to me. I have no idea what measure these people are using that they would flip between those two. so I get they exist but its so outside my perspective I can’t grok the individual who is like that. Its like flat earthers for me.

          • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
            16·
            2 months ago

            They couldn’t be more different to me, either, but what we think is irrelevant. Whatever their reasons, and no matter how alien those reasons might be to you and me, significant numbers of people really did flip.

          • Chuymatt@beehaw.org
            1·
            2 months ago

            Um. I have seen it and they are just antiestablishment. Period. No other guiding light than that.