• 13igtyme@startrek.website
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    23 days ago

    Aside from Kamala, the others had primaries. Primaries historically have 10% voter turnout. Blame the people that don’t vote in primaries then bitch about bad candidates.

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        22 days ago

        Yeah these people are just blind party loyalists who would gladly watch the world burn just so long as they feel like they got a ‘win’ out of it. That’s why they’re willing to nonsensically blame everyone except those controlling the levers for how the levers are being controlled.

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        22 days ago

        It’s not like the Dems sabatoged Bernie, twice, right?

        Bernie lost the popular vote in the primaries both times. Voters didn’t show up for him.

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          22 days ago

          Delegate voters are who matter, and the “super delegates.” Not popular vote and of course you’re ignoring the fact they hamstrung his campaign otherwise it doesn’t fit your narrative.

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            22 days ago

            Except he still lost the popular vote too, overwhelmingly, because progressives don’t vote in primaries. With no DNC shenanigans he still loses handily, BECAUSE PROGRESSIVES DON’T FUCKING VOTE IN PRIMARIES.

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              22 days ago

              Much like in the general election for President, POPULAR VOTES DON’T MATTER WITH THE DNC. It comes down to getting either a winning amount of the delegates or the “super delegates.”

              And let’s try addressing the elephant in the room now, why would the DNC go to such means to ensure Bernie Sanders doesn’t win the nomination?

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            21 days ago

            The argument is always the same, it comes down to “he lost, get over it.” For a voting bloc that’s supposedly not desired or wanted at the polls, they sure demand we show up to the poll for their “lesser evil” and “harm reduction.”

        • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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          22 days ago

          Because “you protest voters refused to vote for him and handed the election to Trump” right? Or does that only apply when you need to absolve the people running the party from responsibility for their actions?

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          22 days ago

          They will never understand this simple fact. There either weren’t enough Bernie supporters in the first place or far too many stayed home for the primary. And very nearly every Bernie voter in the primary went for Hillary in the general. There wasn’t a conspiracy, progressives just don’t vote. If they did, we’d have a progressive democratic party.