• Spacehooks@reddthat.com
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          17 minutes ago

          Well I guess it’s always possible dems pressured media to minimize or distort Bernie message. Which drives down his polling. I remember vividly in 2020 how many elderly dems voted for biden in primary because they knew he could beat Trump even though Bernie seemed like the better choice.

    • thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      they didn’t let him win the primary. they had their chosen candidate, and they weren’t going to let an actual progressive win.

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            4 hours ago

            Tell me more about how results that aligned with every major poll were totally unexpected. Every polling organization in the country conspired against Bernie.

            I voted for Bernie. I marched for Bernie, back when I had two good legs. I donated and campaigned for Bernie. I would’ve loved it if Bernie won.

            But he didn’t. Because the people who showed up to vote clung to the idea that a ‘moderate’ was a better shot in the general election.