2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dear Sanders Supporters [View all]HockeyTown4Ever
(16 posts)My wife isn't as enlightened as you when it comes to politics. She doesn't pay attention to the polls, shows disdain for the debates and doesn't watch Fox or MSNBC. She's a pretty typical disengaged voter. I don't ever see her voting Republican but I also don't see her voting in the primary for a guy who, in her words, "looks like a Muppet".
We all love Bernie's policies but his image is what the disengaged voter responds to. Bernie needs to improve his image to improve his electability factor.
Think image isn't important? What have the Republicans been trying to do with HRC? Destroy her image. They try to paint a woman who has polled as the most admired woman in the world for 17 of the last 18 years as a serial liar. Look at the image they're trying to project for Fiorina. An actual bald-faced liar and business failure is truthful and somehow Presidential? The polls show how the unenlightened public falls for those story lines. Both George W. Bush and Barack Obama got elected on IMAGE!
When it comes to image, Bernie has a steep hill to climb.