2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What Hillary supporters don't understand [View all]beemer27
(460 posts)In my area I have seen what you are talking about. Many people who would never consider voting Democrat are thinking about it for the first time. Some of them will vote differently this year than they have voted their entire life. Bernie does not represent the "modern" values that the "modern" Democrats have been supporting. He represents, and will work for, the old values that the Democratic Party one time stood for. He wants to see the middle class restored, and the little guy get a fair break for a change. The current crop of Democratic politicians have been nothing but Democrats in name only. Bernie will change that. He will help some of them find that backbone that they once had. He will remind them that the Democratic Party at one time supported the working man. Now all politicians support whoever can supply the most money to get reelected.
I am a registered Independent, and this year will be the first time in decades that I have voted for a Democrat in the primaries. The Democratic Party in my state, Oklahoma, has opened up the primaries to the Independents this year, and I will be voting for Bernie. He represents the values that the Democrats used to support, the values that I was raised with. A year ago I thought that our country was permanently locked into a hopeless partisan system. Bernie is our only viable chance to change that. I will vote for him, and I will continue to send money to him.