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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
There's literally no evidence out there Bernie does better. His youth revolution is the same old #### we hear time and again, but he got his ass kicked on Tuesday and will likely continue to get demolished in a lot of upcoming primaries because he isn't turning out the youth vote like he needs to. It's worth pointing out Bernie will almost certainly need a record youth turnout, but there's no evidence at all he can. He's not even getting that in the Dem primary.
Also as we see from the most recent Florida poll and the likely annihilation that awaits Bernie in the primary there, he can't win that state and likely has to abandon it altogether. But Bernie supporters will say "Rust Belt", but you look at the only rust belt state that has voted so far and Bernie lost pretty badly, and is on track to lose the next one too. I get people are sick of centrists and want a true progressive, but that seems to be Canadians in here who want it. Actual American voters seem to be making it clear what they want, and it ain't Bernie.
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I think Bernie has some support in the rust belt, but Biden seems to be even more popular in that area and can still deliver in other areas like some of the more Southern states.
It was masked by the moderate vote splitting, but Bernie's base has shrunk significantly since 2016. He seems stuck at 30-40% in most states whether he's running against one moderate or several. He is not getting the votes he did in 2016. Did he lose some of his base to Trump? Did they decide the system is rigged and stay home? Or was that 30% always his base, and he just picked up lots of anti-Hillary votes last time?