I’ll bite in case this isn’t trolling. They are likely referring to how people, even those who were fairly liberal, made it seem like Bernie was too far out there to be a valid choice for president.
Maybe a little trolling. I was a Bernie supporter, donor, and volunteer, but I accept that he lost fair and square I am just pretty tired of people feeling the need to relitigate the 2016 primary every 4 years, even though none of the candidates or leadership are currently involved.
It was painful for all of us who poured our heart into his campaign, and I understand that people were frustrated, but at this point picking that scab serves no purpose than to depress voter engagement, which is why I am skeptical that it is being done in good faith. The DNC worked with Bernie after 2016 (I sat on one of the focus groups and filled out several survey) and made a bunch of reforms, but you never hear anything about that for some reason.
And I personally agree with that with one caveat not to be a president, but to be electable. While he was popular on the left, I think he would not pull independence/centrist and would lose election.
He polled 7 points better against Trump than Hillary did in 2016. Although that being said, it seems pretty well accepted that the polling was pretty unreliable in 2016.
it seems pretty well accepted that the polling was pretty unreliable in 2016.
That’s true in the sense people believe it and “accept” it…
But it’s not accurate in the respect that polls were/are unreliable.
The margins that predicted a Clinton victory were smaller than margin of error.
Everyone that knew anything about statistics kept trying to point that out, they just kept getting shouted down and accused of being a trump supporter.
Literally the same that’s happening now with current polls.
It’s just people ignoring what doesn’t agree with them, and then refusing to accept responsibility for ignoring all the warning signs.
I’ll bite in case this isn’t trolling. They are likely referring to how people, even those who were fairly liberal, made it seem like Bernie was too far out there to be a valid choice for president.
Maybe a little trolling. I was a Bernie supporter, donor, and volunteer, but I accept that he lost fair and square I am just pretty tired of people feeling the need to relitigate the 2016 primary every 4 years, even though none of the candidates or leadership are currently involved.
It was painful for all of us who poured our heart into his campaign, and I understand that people were frustrated, but at this point picking that scab serves no purpose than to depress voter engagement, which is why I am skeptical that it is being done in good faith. The DNC worked with Bernie after 2016 (I sat on one of the focus groups and filled out several survey) and made a bunch of reforms, but you never hear anything about that for some reason.
And I personally agree with that with one caveat not to be a president, but to be electable. While he was popular on the left, I think he would not pull independence/centrist and would lose election.
He polled 7 points better against Trump than Hillary did in 2016. Although that being said, it seems pretty well accepted that the polling was pretty unreliable in 2016.
That’s true in the sense people believe it and “accept” it…
But it’s not accurate in the respect that polls were/are unreliable.
The margins that predicted a Clinton victory were smaller than margin of error.
Everyone that knew anything about statistics kept trying to point that out, they just kept getting shouted down and accused of being a trump supporter.
Literally the same that’s happening now with current polls.
It’s just people ignoring what doesn’t agree with them, and then refusing to accept responsibility for ignoring all the warning signs.
You left out article “the” in last sentence, comrade.
Blyat!
True