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Maybe. But then Bloomberg runs and then what?
How close is Bloomberg to Hilary and Sanders political?
But that's only because this is the Democratic Primary.
Let's see how well that fares in the general.
It would be a much better time if the Democrats ran the house and the senate. But they don't.
So this is literally do or die for the Democrats, otherwise they get shut out at the federal level.
Some Sanders people are fine with losing though. Whatever, right?
Here's a dirty secret: Old Hillary people are just as fine if a moderate Republican gets into office. Better the devil you know than the Red Commie from the 60s trying to destroy America.
It's just that the support behind Sanders is traditionally the least likely to turnout. That's why he's considered unelectable.
If he waited 8 more years until enough of the boomers died out I would have no doubt he would sweep Clinton. But time isn't on his side this fight.
Why couldn't it be that Bernie won the primary, and in facing the republican candidate, collectively made America shit itself out of fear, making people who otherwise wouldn't, vote.
In my country there is a high voter turnout, and the more extreme the opposition seems to be (racist, hostile, angry, attack ads) the bigger the polar opposite response. When you latch out you can create a snowball effect that instigates a heightened response from the other side.
IMO low voter turnout is a sign of apathy, but apathy disappears if you are truly afraid and scared, and I think the republicans candidate are quite scary, and I think you're already seeing the rest of the worlds reactions to the republicans. - The UK parliament voting to ban Trump, the Mexican ex-president basically saying that Mexico won't and cannot pay for such a wall.
IMO it's important to know your history, to not repeat it, but you can also be a victim. Obama got a lot done without the supreme court. I wouldn't hold off that Bernie also couldn't. But the political insuregency arround him needs to persist past his election, because if the movement- constant intervention and political activism at a grand level does not persist then it won't work.
For too long a lot of western activism has revolved around a core issue, that politicians ride out. An overwhelming amount of people in America opposed the Iraq war and there was grand protests before the war had even begun. A grand contrast to American previous wars, however, the protests failed to do anything and everything piped down relatively quickly as the wars rolled on for 1,5 decades.
In my mind Bernies camp needs to set the movement up to try and have people engaged post the election no matter what happens. If you're going to get Gerrymandering either way, and political corruption either way, as corporations are pulling on both parties, it really has to be undermined from another angle.
I don't think seeking a political revolution in the skewed distribution of power that has now ensured is the same as saying; "to hell with the outcome!". I still attest, that like Bernie himself, a lot of who say "Bernie, or I'll vote for trump" will vote for Hilary if it comes down to Hilary or Trump. I think its a angry knee jerk reaction and something most people say because they want others to think "ohh ohh, better vote for bernie, or his supporters will vote for Hilary".
It doesn't make sense. It's just that as long as Bernie still has a small chance, and since his political activism is strongest on the internet you have people arguing like this.
It's not a good look, but many people in all sorts of situations make ultimatums like this- with video games, pop culture or whatever.
