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In reply to the discussion: I feel like I'm losing my mind with still more Hillary vs. Bernie [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)When in the past they had voted for Obama?
Because they were Bernie supporters angered by his loss in the primary. Bernie could have dropped out after he lost on Super Tuesday and it was obvious he was not going to win. Instead he stayed in until the bitter end, creating that much more bitterness, with his ardent supporters just sure he was gonna win at the convention - somehow, and even after the convention some were insisting that the Democratic Party remove Hillary as the candidate and put in Bernie instead.
In fact, there is even another Nader parallel. Nader gained enough votes in New Hampshire to tip the election to Bush. Why did he get those votes in New Hampshire? Because pissed off Bradley supporters would not vote for Gore because they were still mad about their loss in the primary.
Of course the same applied in 2008. I was, after all, one of the people begging Hillary to drop out after it was clear Obama was the nominee because a bitter primary could damage our chances in the general. Fortunately in that case the M$M strongly supported Obama.
Stein? Stein was nothing in 2012 and would have been nothing in 2016 without angry Bernie supporters. Plus those people were told that Hillary was gonna win anyway so their protest votes wouldn't really matter.
Oops.