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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie is 110% right poor people don't vote [View all]kstewart33
(6,551 posts)46. But Amstead, Bernie's answer is telling.
Income inequality is Bernie's top issue, and it's a good one. But the poor are the very group that Bernie seeks to help.
If they didn't vote in the primaries he's lost, it seems that 1) his message isn't resonating with the poor; and/or 2) it's another sign that the revolution isn't really igniting.
Disappointed that Bernie attributes his losses to the voting habits of the poor. True or not, the comment comes off as self-serving.
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Because of inquities in our system, minorties make up a big percentage of the poor . . .
brush
Apr 2016
#35
Maybe, but still, if the poor, a good many of whom are minorities, did vote, they've vote like . .
brush
Apr 2016
#39
Analyze this: young adults are also known for not voting, yet that is who Sanders went after...
KittyWampus
Apr 2016
#43
No prob about the name...It's my middle name and I had a hard time spelling it when young
Armstead
Apr 2016
#54
Currently he is 44% of voters below $50,000, still losing in that category also.
Thinkingabout
Apr 2016
#2
You've just diagnosed a considerable portion of the Democratic Party membership.
kstewart33
Apr 2016
#47
Since Trump "lies" and "flips his views" repeating his talking points does not prove anything.
pampango
Apr 2016
#16
That's the point...This is not only about Sanders. It's a campaign against all reform
Armstead
Apr 2016
#26
Sanders' analysis about the poor, and those supporters of his who agree are nuts.
brush
Apr 2016
#38
She won NY, where turnout was 29%, in NYC just 12% of eligible Democrats voted at all.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#21
But Sanders is the champion of the poor AND he's drawing people into the political process.
George II
Apr 2016
#22
Polls in NY were held when poor were at work and not when Stock Markets opened
egalitegirl
Apr 2016
#33