• Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    I lived in MAGA country near WV in 2016. Folks there knew I wasn’t a red hat but when they found out I was a Bernie Bro they told me how they respected him for his consistency in hating the wealthy.

    They hate billionaires, too. Hell, I almost got a bunch of rednecks to agree with socialism just by avoiding scary words.

    They want the same things, they just haven’t been presented with it. I am convinced that if Bernie was the nominee he’d have carried West Virginia.

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      17 days ago

      I tell this to everyone at every opportunity:

      If Bernie was the DNC nominee in 2016 he would have beat Trump according to literally every single general poll:

      https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2016/trump-vs-sanders

      He had a ten point+ lead against Trump compared to Hillary. Hillary just polled better in the DNC primary. Funny then how the DNC made their constituents care more about who could win their primaries than who could win the actual presidential election.

      That heavily favored Bernie winning against anyone.

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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        16 days ago

        the old guard of both parties conspired against him, they also afraid thier defense spending would dry up under him, Aipac back then was also probably concerned as well.