2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If MLK were alive today... [View all]joshcryer
(62,270 posts)If Sanders loses it won't be because of his internet "supporters" who aren't actually going anything to get him elected. It's one thing to win internet polls and maybe get someone to retweet something Sanders related.
It's another thing entirely to get people to vote for or caucus for Sanders. IRL canvasing and voter registration. It's fucking cold out too.
Are those internet "supporters" potential real life volunteers? Not really, in 2012 the Green Party got more votes than it did since Nader (oh, yeah, forgot to mention just how upset these petty "liberals" were with regards to Obama). Are they really going to fight? Nope.
So we potentially suffer from the same thing Dean did, in that our social media presence doesn't represent out ground game. That's why I've been out there recently, not too active, but I did sign up. And if we do lose? At least I have a very good shot of sending my delegate to the DNC supporting Sanders. It's not likely to be on me and other Sanders supporters I'm working with.