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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Much like the UK and Corbyn we have a century of evidence that the Democrats struggle to elect any but centerist candidates but in this cycle, when not winning could consign democracy in the US to the garbage bin of history and make having a democratic party completely pointless, this is the cycle it makes sense to field a candidate who is likely to once again prove the point the US voter doesn't really want universal healthcare, gun control and a raft of other left wing policies the US has never much shown interest in?
This is the cycle it makes sense to go down a pathway that for my 60 years has always led to defeat for the Dems?
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They've struggled electing centrist candidates, too (Gore, Kerry, Clinton).