A good overview of what worries me about Bernie. He promises to enter office on the crest of a great waves of new, disaffected voters who have so far not shown up in primaries. He makes this promise at every campaign stop, from on stage—I'm not nitpicking https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/us/politics/bernie-sanders-democratic-voters.html …
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If super Tuesday shows us shattering turnout records in any state with huge numbers of Bernie voters, I promise to put on my Bernie beanie and cheerlead with the comrades. I'm not interested in poking holes in the guy; I just want to win the election, and the senate
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Senate is a stretch. And the turnout issue is a Democratic Party problem, not necessarily exclusive to Sanders. I find this line of critique odd. If centrist Dems cannot turn out to support a progressive candidate, the party may as well tap out. Sanders isn’t the variable.
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This is Sanders's argument for why he is uniquely positioned to win. That's why I single him out. No other candidate is promising record turnout and a mobilization of people who usually never vote.
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Do they have data suggesting his primary voters/caucus-goers were “experienced voters”? I’ve heard anecdotes to this effect. Another plausible explanation seems to be that centrist Dems feel out of touch, and are sitting this out while new contingents show up to participate.
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Correction: I’ve heard many Sanders supporters who are appearing at primary events are fairly new participants, not vetted Dems. In other words, I think these are all signs that we are very probably observing a party realignment. Sanders is a symptom.
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The Sanders events are 10x the size of ones by other candidates, and full of new faces. That's why the failure to convert to primary votes puzzles me
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