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What drives me nuts is Bernie would win big.
He talks about things people care about and makes sense. He was a huge hit at his town-hall meeting on FOX news a few years ago.
If he and Clinton had teamed up in 2016 I think dems would have won the electoral college, not just the popular vote.
For years after his campaign, he was the most popular politician in the US. He is still more popular than any politician who's active on the national stage. Above both Biden and Trump.
Clinton more or less identified the issue with him: No one likes him, he doesn't want to work with anybody. "Anybody" meaning the money-men who are determined the wreck the country. And so, he's unacceptable.
The reason the people like him is the reason nobody in Washington likes him.
Ding ding ding
Even MAGA folks at least respect Bernie. I got that a lot in 2016. They knew I wasn’t a Republican, which made them suspicious of me until they found out I supported Bernie, at which point they’d actually say something nice about him.
My dad is a hard-right fascist who voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, will vote for him again, and hates all Democrats with a passion.
Before it settled into Trump vs Hillary he said if it ended up Trump vs Sanders he would vote for Sanders.
I believe it. I know a few former coworkers who felt the same. They were all hard Trump by 2020 though, so that demographic I think is mostly gone by now.
Agreed, the window of opportunity closed.