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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Socialism is still a scary word for a lot of Americans. Yang, with his UBI platform, and Sanders being the furthest left candidate, would have set Trump up for a victory in a country that leans to the right.
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You're probably not wrong. Sanders never got the votes he was looking for in the primaries. Not sure if that means that he simply never had the support, or if his supporters simply never showed up to vote.
Voter suppression is a big issue in the US, but lack of voting and involvement is as well, especially among minorities and low income communities.
Sanders and Yang were both trending in those areas, but they simply couldn't get the votes.
Remember all the talk about Sanders raising so much money from $5 donations? High amounts of single low donation support. And yet it never translated into anything.