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In reply to the discussion: Post removed [View all]Akamai
(1,779 posts)independent voters, and even to Republican voters who are so brainwashed they will never vote for a Democrat again.
Of course many of the people who voted for Bernie in the states with open primaries were not Democrats but were first-time voters, independents, and even Republicans.
Bernie has been able to work change over the years in Congress reaching over party lines. The Republicans have so poisoned the well that they are told that they cannot talk to anyone whose Democratic, but Bernie,, is an independent, can suggest things to them. Angus King of Maine is another such person, although he has not been in the Congress as long as Bernie.
At any rate, there are real arguments to be made for his keeping his Independent Label, even as he is in so many ways is far more progressive than any other senator in the United States Senate.