Sanders received 46% of pledged delegates even though every Party machine in the country, including the DNC, was lined up against him.
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This suggests HRC is an extraordinarily flawed candidate. She was a semi-incumbent with every resource in the world & still lost 23 contests
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This doesn't bode well for November. She's now losing to Trump, according to 538. Think about how bonkers that would've sounded one year ago
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Pundit-backed CW was that Sanders was too "risky" because reasons, while HRC was the safe pick. Polling always showed the opposite was true.
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as there are fewer and fewer undecided voters, mobilizing the base is a safer choice than going to the center
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which makes this election interesting, both parties have nominees who disappoint large portions of their base for different reasons
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true although I think Trump is stronger among the GOP base than people suspect; base of party is not ideological movement cons.
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choice of Pence was Trump's sop to movement cons, which should work fine. Kaine was a not a sop but a rebuke to progressives.
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indeed on both these points. i think there's a good chance we are in for a rough surprise in november
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