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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]Bluepinky
(2,268 posts)who were not going to vote for Hillary under any condition. For a number of reasons, some people abhorred Hillary. My sister voted for Obama twice but then became hooked on Fox News and started blaming Obama and other Democrats for her economic problems, including very expensive health care. She liked Bernie's populist agenda and voted for him in the primary. When he lost, she turned to Trump. I tried to change her mind and make her see reason to no avail. I didn't speak to her for months after the election, I was so angry. Even now we aren't as close and don't talk politics.
I have a sister-in-law married to a rabid Republican; she's environmentally responsible and never liked Trump's immigration stance; she voted for Bernie in the primary and her way of compromise in the general election was to write in Bernie's name on the ballot. Her husband poisoned her mind about Hillary, she would never have voted for her.
I'm telling you this to show that Bernie attracted some people to the Democratic platform who otherwise wouldn't have voted for a Democrat.