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Originally Posted by rubecube
Yawn, this narrative again. How about instead of blaming the voters, blame the DNC for running a terrible campaign? The "Bernie Bros" were far more loyal to the party than the disaffected Hillary voters were in 2008.
https://www.businessinsider.com/hill...st-2016-2020-1
It also wasn't the Bernie Bros who decided not to bother targeting the rust belt States.
Biden has lost ground with Latinos and young black voters during this campaign (compared to 2016). Is that somehow the fault of the Bernie Bros, too?
God forbid the Democrats ever look in the mirror and just do an ounce of self-reflection. Much easier to blame Russia and Bernie and just keep trucking along the same path. |
Data doesn't support the claim made by the author of your article (not surprising considering he's from Reason.com).
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sand...lection-654320
Here's a better article on the data and a much better analytical take on it.
https://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/54581...p-survey-finds
"To answer the question that many Clinton supporters may be asking: By this data, yes — there are enough of those Sanders-Trump voters who could have potentially swung the election toward Clinton and away from Trump.
Specifically, if the Sanders-Trump voters in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania had voted for Clinton, or even stayed home on Election Day, those states would have swung to Clinton, and she would have won 46 more electoral votes, putting her at 278 — enough to win, in other words."
Here’s How Many Sanders-Trump Voters There Were In Key Swing States
Political scientist Brian Schaffner recently tweeted out rough numbers on the share of Bernie Sanders primary voters who eventually went on to vote for Donald Trump in the general election, based on the massive CCES poll. Using those numbers and other available data, here is our back-of-the-envelope math on how many Sanders-Trump voters there were in those states — potentially enough to have handed Hillary Clinton those states (and the presidency).
Sorry, no graphic on this data.
STATE
SANDERS PRIMARY VOTERS
SANDERS PRIMARY VOTERS SUPPORTING TRUMP
SANDERS-TRUMP VOTERS (EST.)
TRUMP'S 2016 MARGIN OF VICTORY
Michigan 598,943 8% 47,915 10,704
Pennsylvania 731,881 16% 117,100 44,292
Wisconsin 570,192 9% 51,317 22,748
The data is there. The Bernie Bros get a big heaping of the responsibility for Trump being in office. Own it.
