2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie has been winning as an Independant his whole life
Which must mean he has gotten lots of Demoratic voters to back him. His superpac is the American people.
No reason to back down. In fact bring it on.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)Response to yourpaljoey (Reply #2)
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yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)Zynx
(21,328 posts)The rest of the country isn't Vermont. Vermont is one of the, if not the most, left-wing states in the country. It would just split the left of center vote and guarantee Trump.
Stop this madness. You even know what I'm saying is true.
Skink
(10,122 posts)Zynx
(21,328 posts)That's why it works up there. It wouldn't work nationally.
RandySF
(58,786 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)So winning, in fact, that the early primaries he lost were due to the fact, we were told, that people didn't know who he was yet.
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Alfresco
(1,698 posts)Vermont
Population, 2014 estimate 626,562
Population, 2010 estimate 625,745
White alone, percent, 2014 (a) 95.0%
African American alone, percent 2014 (a) 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2014 (b) 1.8%
Asian alone, percent, 2014 (a) 1.6%
Largest City Burlington
Population, 2014 estimate 42,211
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Bernie lost the primary. In elections, you have to win more votes.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)...but if you're hinting at an independent campaign, he has already ruled that out.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)LuvLoogie
(6,998 posts)He ran against the first woman governor of Vermont and lost.