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2016 Postmortem

SaschaHM

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18. It also assumes that Bernie would have gotten nearly the same amount of AA turnout as Hillary.

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #17)

Sat Dec 24, 2016, 12:02 PM

Dec 2016

I'm skeptical that that would have occurred as well. (This alternate universe where Bernie is the nominee never seems to take into account his struggles frankly with appealing to AA voters that weren't young.)

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Yes, Bernie could have won under the exact right circumstances [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 OP

Don't forget that racists are also frequently antisemites. I supported Bernie, but I now suspect tblue37 Dec 2016 #1

yeah. La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #2

Sexism was an issue Bernie wouldn't have had against him though. Joe941 Dec 2016 #3

yeah. that's true enough. La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #6

Not Sure About That Me. Dec 2016 #11

That definitely can't be overlooked. NWCorona Dec 2016 #12

Well we sure as hell know who lost. Ligyron Dec 2016 #4

aint that the truth La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #5

Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #7

yes, which was not hammered on during primaries La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #8

2 is very important... we could've ran anyone and the FBI would've made some shit up about them uponit7771 Dec 2016 #9

Republicans had a file on Bernie and were ready to use it if he became a nominee. LisaL Dec 2016 #10

Yes, and Twice A Prince would have beaten Secretariat duffyduff Dec 2016 #13

Yes, of course it would have been an uphill battle, and speculating about it, is in part, JCanete Dec 2016 #14

game theory. The Russians would have hacked it a different way LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #15

If every Hillary voter and a few Trump voters voted for Bernie HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #16

That assumes every surbanite Hillary voter geek tragedy Dec 2016 #17

It also assumes that Bernie would have gotten nearly the same amount of AA turnout as Hillary. SaschaHM Dec 2016 #18

Who would they have voted for instead? HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #21

Chances are that they wouldn't have voted or they could have gone 3rd party. SaschaHM Dec 2016 #22

4. That Bernie would have a turnout of AA voters near what Clinton had. SaschaHM Dec 2016 #19

Hillary had, at 59%, an astronomically high unfavorable rating among registered voters. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #20